Anna Monta Olek began the day as the athlete with a target on her back. As the top seed she arrived with pressure but also ...

The -100 kg category, with 56 athletes, is the biggest category in Baku this week. Olympic and world medals pepper the draw ...

Judo is a very special sport in many ways but among its most endearing aspects is the permanent effort to keep its alumni ...

At world championships, naturally, the focus is on sporting performance. The draw, the contests, the throws, the medals and ...

A new chapter of inclusive judo opened at the Baku World Championships, right at the heart of the arena. The movement has ...

The -90 kg category had everything a great blockbuster needs: drama, rivalries, young blood on the up, twists, action and ...

With 56 competitors, the -100 kg category is the largest of these world championships. It is packed with talent from the ...

The fifth day of the Baku 2026 World Judo Championships delivered two champions whose paths to gold carried very different meanings. Ai Tsunoda Roustant (ESP) reached the senior summit for the first ...

A world championships always brings together the very best, and the -78 kg category is no exception. Apart from Olympic and ...

Twenty-six year old Rashid Mammadaliyev has worked hard to build a career while having to manage being in the same weight ...

Eight years ago, the National Gymnastics Arena was the stage for the finest day of Saeid Mollaei’s career as a judoka. It was ...

The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum has opened an exhibition entitled Woven into History, dedicated to the Baku 2026 World ...