In June, the Japan Olympic Committee selected Seiko Hashimoto, 60, as its new president. Hashimoto is a member of the House ...

Digital technology is set to play an exciting role at the Tokyo Deaflympics in November, with organizers aiming to create an ...

Goson Sakai, 29, is a former professional soccer player of Japanese and German heritage. He comes from an athletic family, as ...

Arch-rivals Vietnam dominated the medal charts at both 2021 and 2023 SEA Games. A meeting of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT ... are targeting eight golds each with taekwondo and judo ...

Training in the camp has already borne fruit at the Junior European Judo Cup in Birmingham, adding six medals to the program’s collection. Olympic Dreams' stay in the United Kingdom concluded with a ...

For the last two days, hundreds of young judo practitioners have had the opportunity to learn from some true masters at the U.S. Judo Federation’s International Summer Training Camp at the ...

In 2021, judo was recognized by the International Olympic Committee and given an Olympic status, and in 2024, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev signed an order recognizing judo as an ...

A full preview of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, including all the key dates, events, news and how to watch live coverage in the UK.

Two-time Olympic bronze medallist Anna-Maria Wagner will retire from professional judo at the end of the year, the German said on Instagram on Wednesday. "2025 will be my final judo year. After ...

Serbian judo star Nemanja Majdov was banned for five months for making the sign of the cross before he competed at the recent Paris Olympics. Majdov, 28, was accused by the International Judo ...

An Olympic judo athlete has been banned from competition in part because he made the sign of the cross at this year’s Olympic Games. Serbian judo world champion Nemanja Majdov was hit with a ...

Serbian judo world champion Nemanja Majdov vowed not to apologize after he was hit with a five-month ban for making the sign of the cross before he competed at the Paris Olympics.