TOKYO (AFP) - Czech giant Lukas Krpalek beat Japan's Hisayoshi Harasawa to capture judo's world heavyweight title on Saturday (Aug 31) and fire a warning for next year's Tokyo Olympics. The hulking 28 ...

TOKYO: Czech giant Lukas Krpalek beat Japan’s Hisayoshi Harasawa to capture judo’s world heavyweight title on Saturday and fire a warning for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The hulking 28-year-old won ...

Hisayoshi Harasawa, right, is seen after winning the silver medal in the men's over 100-kilogram judo, in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 12, 2016. (Mainichi Photo/Daisuke Wada) RIO DE JANEIRO -- Japan's ...

The tagline "Judo's Coming Home" has been happily and widely employed in the months leading up to the International Judo Federation's (IJF) World Championships, which have begun in Tokyo today. But as ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - With a six-year unbeaten streak on the line, France's Teddy Riner took to the tatami with the world waiting to see who could dethrone the best judo fighter on the planet.

French heavyweight Teddy Riner took the bronze medal in judo on Friday when he beat Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan, hours after losing his quest for a record-tying third consecutive Olympic gold medal ...

It was a podium without a gold medalist and a competition without a winner. The first ever Dusseldorf Grand Slam wasn’t supposed to end like this. Over 400 judoka from 65 different nations had ...