Algerian judoka Messaoud Dris missed weight at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, one day before he was set to compete against Israel’s Tohar Butbul, which sparked an investigation. The International Judo ...

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has been banned from competition for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics to avoid a potential bout against an ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) When Hungarian-born Szandra Szogedi stepped onto the judo mat at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, she made history - for Ghana. Szogedi became the first-ever female judoka to represent ...

Nurali Emomali is the 2022 World Championships' junior champion and went with high hopes to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Despite a controversy with the Israeli judoka Baruch Shmailov, Emomali went on to ...

What happens when the pressure to compete is not just about winning, but about survival? In the new political thriller Tatami, that question plays out through the story of Leila Hosseini, an Iranian ...

Iranian dissident judoka Saeid Mollaei, who left the Islamic Republic after revealing he was ordered to lose matches and withdraw from competitions to avoid facing Israelis, has finally achieved his ...

Teddy Riner has long had trouble finding stylish apparel for his 6-foot-8 frame. Could it be time to create his own line? By Claire Moses Reporting from Paris If you’re 6-foot-8 and 300 pounds, it can ...

IMAGE: Cuba’s Idalys Ortiz in action against India’s Tulika Maan. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoo/Reuters Indian judoka Tulika Mann crashed out of the women's +78kg event at the Paris Olympics after going ...