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 — 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 ...

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 ...

During the Olympics, judo events will be contested at Champ de Mars Arena, a temporary venue built for the Olympics and ...

A German judo star is defending her unorthodox, pre-match ritual — getting slapped in the face by her coach — after fans expressed concern for the tough-as-nails Olympian. “Don’t worry guys! That’s ...

SARATOGA, Calif. — In his younger days, when he was merely 100, legendary judo coach Yosh Uchida had an ideal schedule in place for the 2020 Olympics. In spring, there would be a birthday gala at a ...

A second judo athlete has dropped out of the Olympics before facing an Israeli in the 73-kilogram division — just days after another opponent withdrew for political reasons. Sudan’s Mohamed ...

TOKYO — The moment, the revered location and the timing did not escape Naohisa Takato. The Tokyo Olympic Games were delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and they are mired in controversy ...

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 ...

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who refused to return home after being ordered to withdraw from the 2019 World Judo Championships to avoid facing an Israeli opponent, says he will never forget the ...

A German judoka’s violent pre-match ritual has gone viral, and many in Twitterverse are expressing outrage. A video of Olympian black-belt Martyna Trajdos is currently trending on social media — but ...