PARIS (AP) — Luka Mkheidze and Shirine Boukli won France's first two medals of the Paris Olympics in judo on Saturday night, with Mkheidze claiming silver and Boukli winning bronze. Mkheidze lost 1-0 ...

Clarisse Agbegnenou of France reacts after winning against Andreja Leski (unseen) of Slovenia during the women’s -63kg Gold medal bout of the World Judo Championships 2023 in Doha, Qatar, 10 May 2023.

PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Individual champion Teddy Riner led France into the judo mixed team final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, causing such excitement among the home crowd that officials at the ...

When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and France advanced to the final of the first mixed judo team event at the Olympics on Saturday, with three male and three female judokas joining forces for a final showdown at ...

PARIS : France's Sarah-Leonie Cysique and Joan-Benjamin Gaba beat Japanese opponents to reach judo semi-finals at the Paris Olympics on Monday at Champs-de-Mars Arena. Cysique, a silver medallist in ...

If judo remains something of a niche sport in most countries, the same can’t be said in France. As many as 600,000 people nationwide regularly practice the discipline known as “the gentle way,” ...

Among the nations that contribute the most in the world of judo, undoubtedly France has been playing an important role for decades. While judo was invented in Japan in 1882, by Master Jigoro Kano, it ...

nepalnepal — France’s Teddy Riner, the biggest star in judo, won the men’s over-100-kilogram Olympic judo gold medal on Friday, giving him the only medal he was missing. The 23-year-old Riner defeated ...

If judo remains something of a niche sport in most countries, the same can’t be said in France. As many as 600,000 people nationwide regularly practice the discipline known as “the gentle way,” ...