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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Russians returned to international judo competition on Sunday for the first time in nearly a year at the world championships as Ukraine boycotted the key Olympic qualifier.

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 ...

It’s only natural that historically, Japan has dominated judo in the Olympics. The modern martial art was founded in Japan in the late 1800s, and of the 123 gold medals earned since it became an ...

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 ...

Iran was banned from international judo competitions Tuesday for refusing to let its athletes fight Israeli opponents. The International Judo Federation imposed an indefinite ban on Iran's team until ...

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 ...

Russia play host to the World Judo Championships for the first time in their history, staging the indoor event for the first time as an independent body. Participating nations may nominate a total of ...