Brazilian Rafaela Silva earned gold for the hosts in the women's 57-kilogram judo final at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Monday, beating Sumiya Dorjsuren of Mongolia. Meanwhile, Japan's Shohei Ono beat ...

The 27-year-old came through the repechage round in Rio after a quarter-final defeat, to set up a bronze medal contest against Japan’s Miku Tashiro. She ultimately emerged as the victor in the contest ...

The Japanese used to dominate judo, but rule changes could cause the Olympic judo field to be more wide-open than ever in Rio. It’s only natural that historically, Japan has dominated judo in the ...

The women's 70-kg and men's 90-kg weight classes will take the floor in Day 5 of judo competition at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. As usual, the action begins in the morning with the prelims and ...

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Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS In the last eight years Russian judo has made a giant leap forward. And it's not only down to Vladimir Putin being a role model for young judokas. Russian judokas, along ...

More than 105 athletes across four weight classes are set to compete at the Rio 2016 judo test event, which is due to begin tomorrow in Barra Olympic Park's Carioca Arena 1 ©IJF The two-day event ...

Serbian judoka Aleksandar Kukolj celebrated his second consecutive Grand Slam victory after winning the men’s -90 kilo title on the third and final day in Tokyo – the last event of the 2016… Serbian ...

The judo competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will take place in the Carioca Arena 3, in the Barra Olympic Park, from 8-10 September. It will include seven men’s (-60kg, -66kg, -73kg, -81kg, ...

Fabio Basile produced a sensational performance to take gold in the men's 66-kilogram judo event at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Sunday. The Italian, an unseeded judoka entering the event, beat AN Baul of ...

There are just two days left of judo at the 2016 Olympics, with the women’s 78kg and men’s 100kg weight classes taking the floor on Thursday. The competition at Carioca Arena 2 in Rio has been ...