Japan, the birthplace of judo, dominates the all-time Olympic medal table. Japan's 48 gold medals and 96 medals overall are far and away the most of any country. France (16 gold medals, 57 total ...

June 27 - Glasgow has been awarded the 2015 European Judo Championships at the new state-of-the-art Emirates Arena, ahead of rival Baku, it was announced today. The timing of the announcement will ...

Dr Jigaro Kano, the man behind judo, was a longtime International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. Inspired by the traditional Japanese schools of Yawara and Jujitsu, Kano created Judo. Japan is also ...

Melissa Myers is the best judo player in the country. In her age and weight division, that is. As a result, the University of Iowa sophomore will jet off to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on ...

The region’s top visually impaired judokas will take on each other at the International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) European Judo Championship 2015, which begin Friday (27 November) in Odivelas, ...

2 Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia 3 Combat Sports Unit, Department of Theory of Sport and Kinesiology, Institute of Sport, University School of Physical ...

Heading into the Paris Olympics this summer, the French are holding their own with Japan as the top judo powerhouse in the world and even hold bragging rights in the number of participants nationwide.

Glasgow has been stripped of the 2015 European Judo Championships only eight weeks before the event is due to take place following a row over a sponsorship agreement with the Ultimate Fighting ...