Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic judo history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most iconic moments & athletes, a comprehensive list of year-by-year results, and the ...

PARIS--French judoka Luka Mkheidze credited a traditional Japanese food with giving him and his teammates the lift they needed to win medals at the Paris Olympics.

PARIS--Right after Hifumi Abe violently threw his final opponent to the tatami and secured his second Olympic judo gold medal, he stood up and looked directly at his sister crying in the stands at the ...

Under longtime coach Oren Smadja, Muki rose to the top of the sport. He won world gold in Tokyo in 2019, two European titles, ...

Mexican judoka Prisca Awiti Alcaraz secured a silver medal in the women's -63 kg category after losing the final to Slovenian Andreja Leski by ippon (1-10).

Frenchman Teddy Riner became the first athlete to win four Olympic gold medals in judo when he claimed the title in the +100kg category on Friday.

Khammo, who was born on 11 June 1994, in Donetsk, Ukraine, and now lives in Kyiv, first stepped onto the mat at the age of eight. Over the years he has grown into one of Ukraine's prominent ...

The 2026 IJF Grand Prix in Linz concluded with a significant victory for Great Britain's judoka in the -73 kg category. The 22-year-old defeated three Olympic medallists to secure his nation's third ...

A female Saudi fighter will take part in the Olympic judo competition after being allowed to wear an Islamic headscarf, or hijab, of a specific design, officials said on Monday. Wojdan Ali Seraj ...

Every Olympics provides athletes the chance to etch their names into the history books, and Tokyo was no different as numerous athletes set new records, whether they were world records or "just" ...

The 33rd training camp of the international Olympic Dreams project was successfully held in Slovakia. This time, the participants were judokas — students of ...