France's Teddy Riner, the most successful judoka in Olympic history, will miss next month's World Championships as he comes back from elbow surgery and prioritizes long-term preparation for a record ...

The 2024 Olympics will continue the tradition of including combat sports, but there is one sport that has been put on the chopping block this time around. Judo is a martial art that originated from ...

Aaron Wolf debuted this week, and will start trying to fulfill NJPW’s lofty expectations at Wrestle Kingdom 20.

Kayla Harrison’s journey in combat sports reads like a Hollywood script. From Olympic judo gold to MMA stardom, she’s now eyeing UFC gold. But, she is not just content with her scheduled bout against ...

Serbian judo world champion Nemanja Majdov was hit with a five-month ban by the International Judo Foundation (IJF) after having made the ancient Christian sign while competing in the Paris games in ...

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 many ...

Each nation has won a medal in judo at the London Games—and there are still two more days of competition. Few Olympic sports have such a wide spectrum of countries competing and medaling. There are no ...

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 ...