Judo

The most recognizable names in judo are usually from the Japanese team. Naohisa Takato, Hifume Abe, Joshiro Maruyama, Soichi Hashimoto, Takanori Nagase – these are as close to...

The cozy and peaceful atmosphere of the Vatican, in the heart of Rome, was the scene of a conference of which the theme was 'Sport For All: cohesive,...

Even without the participation of eyecatcher Teddy Riner in the heavyweight division, the competition is seriously heavy. Current Olympic Champion Lukas Krpalek is not even seeded among the...

Without question, the top favourite in the U100kg is double World Champion Jorge Fonseca (POR). He’s only been defeated three times this year. Once was against a Russian...

The No. 1 ranked player in this category is reigning World Champion Anna-Maria Wagner of Germany. Since losing in the semifinal of the Tokyo Olympics to Shori Hamada...

The U70kg division is full of famous names like reigning World Champion Barbara Matic, former European Champion Sanne Van Dijke, Asian Games Champion Saki Niizoe, and the two...

The U63kg division used to be dominated by three players: Yarden Gerbi (ISR), Tina Trstenjak (SLO) and Clarisse Agbegnenou (FRA), who made that category one of the most...

Jessica Klimkait is the defending World Champion at U57kg. She has a devastating drop morote-seoi-nage and drop sode-tsurikomi-goshi which she can seemingly pull off from any angle. In...

Without question the overwhelming favorite in the U52kg category is reigning Olympic Champion Uta Abe (JPN). Technically, her last defeat was in the Tokyo Olympics where she lost...

Urantsetseg Munkhbat. Distria Krasniqi. Daria Bilodid. These were all big names in the U48kg division but all are gone now. Mongolia’s Munkhbat has turned to MMA it seems....