All eyes were on Abu Dhabi at the second day of the IJF World Judo Championships. Inside the Mubadala arena, the tatami played host to a number of historic moments from the stars of world judo. Marius ...

Judoka Yang Yung-wei has made history by becoming the first athlete to win a medal for Taiwan at this year's World Judo Championships. Yang, 25, competed in the men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) event ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Iran was banned from international judo competitions Tuesday for refusing to let its athletes fight Israeli opponents. The International Judo Federation imposed an ...

The Japanese judokas won all seven gold medals on the first day of the Tokyo Grand Slam, which will conclude the 2024 World ...

The International Judo Federation (IJF) celebrated World Judo Day (WJD) on 28 October, placing the spotlight on the theme of wellbeing. Since 2010, the International Judo Federation has launched the ...

The IBSA World Judo Championships for visually impaired athletes kicked off this Tuesday in the Kazakh capital. More than 40 nations are competing at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Wrestling Palace, with ...

The Azerbaijan Judo Federation (AJF) has received international recognition with two of its social projects nominated for ...

Dr. Lisa Capriotti, a chemistry professor at The Citadel Military College, has traveled the world representing the United States in search of a gold medal in the Olympic sport of judo. The journey has ...

With a tear of his right calf muscle, Yasuhiro Yamashita’s lifelong dream was surely over. The Japanese heavyweight judoka had envisaged himself atop the Olympic podium ever since he was “deeply moved ...

When Jack Yonezuka boards a plane bound for Paris as part of the U.S. Olympic Judo team, he’ll be competing for more than national pride and personal glory. Because the 21-year-old West Long Branch ...

Japan won gold in seven of the 14 weight categories in Budapest, topping the medal table as it has at 19 of the last 20 Judo World Championships, It took until day three for a champion from any other ...

Last summer, Kayla Harrison tweeted photos of herself at the hospital -- fresh off knee surgery -- with the words: “The comeback has started.” The 24-year-old Ohio native marked the next stage of that ...