TOKYO (AP) — Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. But it’s also drawing unwanted ...

PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women's under 48 kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won gold in the men's under ...

PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) - Japan's Hifumi Abe retained his men's under-66kg crown before Diyora Keldiyorova, who ended Abe's sister's Olympic title defence earlier on Sunday, won Uzbekistan's first ...

PARIS — The Abe siblings’ dream of winning judo gold medals for Japan on the same day in their second straight Olympics ended early on Sunday with Uta Abe’s shocking loss to Diyora Keldiyorova of ...

Japan’s Uta Abe, who won judo gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within minutes of her brother doing the same, lost in the Round of 16 on Sunday.

Day 1 of the 2025 OTP Group Tashkent Grand Slam, and the Yunusabad Sport Complex was packed with judo crazy fans who came to ...

Drawn from the ancient samurai martial art of jujutsu, judo, which means the “gentle way,” was codified into a sport in the late 19th century by a strict Japanese educator named Jigoro Kano. He later ...

A roadmap to follow for the men’s and women’s judo tournaments during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Athletes to watch Teddy Riner, France: The world’s most famous active judoka attempts to ...