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 ...

The Tokyo 2020 judo organising team say they are enjoying the extra preparation time afforded by the 12 month postponement of the Games ©IJF Imagawa, who is Canadian born, is the first and only ...

* Men and women compete in seven weight categories, ranging from under 60kg to over 100kg for men, and under 48kg to over 78kg for women. * Judo, meaning "gentle way", involves throwing or taking down ...

Judo is always a must-watch event at the Olympics, but this was particularly true in Tokyo. Japan is the sport's birthplace, and numerous Japanese judokas had the chance to win Olympic gold on their ...

The head coach of the women%27s Olympic team had used violence against athletes at a training camp The news may threaten the strength of Tokyo%27s 2020 Olympics bid The sports minister has described ...

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - Double Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner believes that staging the Tokyo Games in 2021 will put all athletes on an equal footing after the sports extravaganza was postponed ...

India’s lone judo player at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, Sushila Devi, will fine-tune her preparations for the Olympic Games in New Delhi. Sushila Devi, who will compete in the 48kg category, will be part ...

This week, the world of judo has been mourning the passing of Matsushita Saburo, a director of the famous Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo. As an instructor overseas in the 1960s, Saburo played his ...

* Men and women compete in seven weight categories, ranging from under 60kg to over 100kg for men, and under 48kg to over 78kg for women. * Judo, meaning "gentle way", involves throwing or taking down ...

Judo is always a must-watch event at the Olympics, but this was particularly true in Tokyo. Japan is the sport's birthplace, and numerous Japanese judokas had the chance to win Olympic gold on their ...