Although betting is closely associated with many global sports, judo is not the first which springs to mind when making the connection. Yet when the World Judo Championships come around every year, ...

Japanese judo has lost one of the outstanding heavyweights of the 1980s with the passing of Yoshimi Masaki, the 1985 world champion in the open category. Masaki died on 30 August at the age of 64, ...

Exactly 54 years after Paul Barth won an Olympic bronze medal in Munich, German judo is mourning one of the leading figures of its early Olympic generation. On 1 September 1972, Barth stepped on to ...

Léa Fontaine defeated compatriot Romane Dicko to capture the +78kg title at the Lausanne Grand Slam, turning an all French final in her favour with a well timed makikomi before immediately continuing ...

Ilia Sulamanidze confirmed his position among the leading U100kg judoka in the world by defeating Dutchman Simeon Catharina in the final of the Lausanne Grand Slam. A single yuko separated the two, ...

Inal Tasoev reached the +100kg final in Lausanne, Uzbekistan secured both U90kg final places and France guaranteed +78kg gold through Romane Dicko and ...

Miriam Butkereit continued her impressive 2026 season by winning U70kg gold at the Lausanne Grand Slam, defeating German teammate Giovanna Scoccimarro in a tactical final that underlined Germany’s ...

Angelika Szymanska claimed U63kg gold at the Lausanne Grand Slam after a remarkable day in which she defeated her childhood idol Clarisse Agbegnenou before overcoming Manon Deketer in the final. The ...

Abylaikhan Zhubanazar captured the U81kg title at the Ecole Mont-Olivet Lausanne Grand Slam with a perfectly timed de ashi barai in the closing stages of his final against Uzbekistan’s Arslonbek ...

Lausanne will host the 2028 World Judo Championships, placing Switzerland at the centre of international judo only weeks before the Los Angeles Olympic Games. The agreement was signed on Saturday ...

More than half a century after Lausanne staged one of the most remarkable displays of Japanese supremacy in World Championship history, the world’s best judoka are coming back. Switzerland has been ...

Austria’s Bernd Fasching suffered a serious setback in the U81kg competition when the world number seven sustained a dislocated left ankle and fractured fibula during his round of 16 contest. The ...