FILE - Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia celebrates with his silver medal during the award ceremony for the men -81kg judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, on July 27, 2021. The Iran judo ...

The decision extends the original ban instituted when an Iranian judoka said he was ordered to throw matches at the 2019 world championships in order to avoid fighting an Israeli. (JTA) — The Iranian ...

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 ...

Saeid Mollaei had fled with the help of the International Judo Federation and now can fight for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (JTA) — Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who fled to Germany after he ...

TOKYO — An Algerian judo competitor has chosen to ditch the Tokyo Olympics rather than hit the mat with an Israeli. It was the second time in two years that ninth-ranked Fethi Nourine withdrew from a ...

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron says he plans to hold talks with Russia President Vladimir Putin next week at an Olympic judo match. Paul says Trump 'under the thrall' of Graham as ...

Looking to watch every judo match that happens at the Rio Games? NBCOlympics.com has you covered. Below is a breakdown of how to watch judo each day, including links to every live stream over the ...

With a tear of his right calf muscle, Yasuhiro Yamashita’s lifelong dream was surely over. The Japanese heavyweight judoka had envisaged himself atop the Olympic podium ever since he was “deeply moved ...

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 ...

(JTA) — The Iranian national judo team was suspended from international competition until September 2023 for forfeiting matches against Israeli opponents due to a boycott. The decision extends an ...