The hero for me this Olympics wasn't Michael Phelps, Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor, or Usain Bolt, but instead Cuban taekwondo competitor Angel Matos. Now, before you skip to the end of the article ...

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BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos was banned for life from taekwondo on Saturday after he kicked the match referee in the head in his Olympic bronze medal bout, a tournament ...

"We didn't expect anything like what you have witnessed to occur," said WTF secretary general Yang Jin-suk. "I am at a loss for words." Yang also recommended Matos' coach be banned. Matos was winning ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos was banned for life from taekwondo on Saturday after he kicked the match referee in the head in his bronze medal bout, a tournament official said.

Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos, left, kicks match referee Sweden's Chakir Chelbat in the face during a bronze medal match against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov in the men's taekwondo +80 kilogram class at ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday defended a Cuban taekwondo athlete banned forever from the sport for kicking a referee during the Beijing Olympics. Castro, in a column on ...

A Cuban taekwondo athlete has attacked the referee after losing his bronze-medal match. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Angel Matos ...

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“IT’S ANALOGOUS TO an employee’s punching his/her boss because he/she doesn’t get a raise — completely inappropriate and unprofessional.” A commenter at olympics.blogs.nytimes.com was stunned by Cuban ...