Judo

Paris Olympics 2024: Judo - history, rules, defending champions

Judo made its Olympic debut in the 1964 Tokyo Games, and would become a permanent fixture at the world’s biggest sporting event from the Munich 1972 onwards. The upcoming Paris Games will witness 378 judokas from 122 nations fight it out for the medals on offer.

Linthoi Chanambam interview: 'My dream is to participate in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, doing my best for it'

Teenager Linthoi Chanambam has been making waves. When 16, she became a world champion, and looking ahead to the future, she is targeting a place at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

National Cadet Judo Championships 2023-24 to take place at Inspire Institute of Sport

The Championships will become the third major National Competition to be hosted by the Inspire Institute of Sport in the last 12 months.

Three spectators banned from World Judo Championship for wearing Russian military emblem

The IJF has allowed Russian and Belarusian judokas to take part in these championships as neutral competitors, having previously banned them after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

None of eight Russians barred from judo worlds were athletes, says official

The championships, which start in Doha on Sunday, will be the first major international competition to welcome back Russian and Belarusian athletes, who have been excluded from most sporting events since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Eight Russian judokas barred from world championships after Ukraine boycott

The Russian judokas were barred following Ukraine's boycott over the presence of Russian athletes it argued were active soldiers.

IIS signs partnership with Manipur Judo Association

Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) on Thursday announced a partnership with the Manipur Judo Association (MJA) which is responsible for the growth and development of Judo in the state of Manipur.

‘Incredible feeling, I will try to win medal in Paris’: teenage Judoka Linthoi Chanambam after gold at Cadet World Champ

Linthoi Chanambam, the Manipuri judoka, scripted history by defeating Brazilian Bianca Reis in the women's 57kg category event. She said, used to beat up boys while growing up and her parents had to take the injured boys to nearby hospital.

Indian judokas get 'clean-chit': source

The women have given written submission that the Indians were not involved in the incident.

Two Indian judokas, one coach called back from exposure trip in Spain after 'brawl' with women athletes

A national coach, attached to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), claimed that one judoka was involved in a "brawl with a women group and later one female was found inside his hotel room"