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

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

Thirty-eight seconds! Thirty-eight seconds is the time it took for Sanshiro Murao (JPN) to show the world that he didn’t come ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Let’s begin with moments of fantastic judo that came from those who didn’t make it to the final block. The quality of judo ...

Since arriving on the World Judo Tour less than two years ago, Haruka Kaju, now 26, has fought in forty individual contests.

As the heavier categories enter the World Championships, the pressure will increase in Baku. At -90 kg, the outstanding ...

On the fourth day of competition, much of the attention will be on François Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN), the tournament’s number ...