Here’s everything you need to know about men’s and women’s Judo in the 2021 Olympics. Combat sports fans from around the world will be tuning in to see a variety of martial arts including Judo, Karate ...

TOKYO >> Naohisa Takato won Japan’s first gold medal at its home Olympics, beating Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei in the men’s 60-kilogram judo final on Saturday night. Kosovo’s Distria Krasniqi beat Japan’s ...

Judo is coming home at the Tokyo Olympics, and the Japanese team is under a world of pressure. Fortunately for the host nation, this powerhouse group of athletes is eager to rise to the momentousness ...

About an hour before her first Olympic fight, Nefeli Papadakis jogged alone around the Nippon Budokan, the revered arena where all of judo’s biggest names have competed. She has traveled by herself to ...

TOKYO — Yosh Uchida made a promise to Colton Brown in 2016, right after Brown competed in judo for the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics: Qualify for the 2020 Games in Tokyo and I’ll be ...

When Gabriella Wood was a young girl at primary school in the Caribbean she was bullied by her classmates due to her large build and being taller than everyone else. Did you know with a Digital ...

TOKYO — Judo fighter Teddy Riner lost in the Olympic quarterfinal to the top-ranked judo athlete in their class in the world – and it was considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of his ...

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef have had their Olympic accreditation withdrawn and will be sent home after refusing to fight an Israeli athlete. Nourine was set to face ...

Marcell Jacobs of Italy was a surprise winner in the men’s 100-meter dash, finishing in 9.80 seconds. Swimming is over. Caeleb Dressel is celebrating (and so are the Australians). Emma McKeon of ...