French women take the lead at World Cup in Minsk

France is leading the medal tally in Minsk at the EJU World Cup. The French were dominant in the U57kg category where Barbara Harel and Caroline Lantoine reached the final. 32-year old Harel won by ippon and won gained her 6th World Cup in her... Read more

Youngsters take the lead at World Cup in Baku

Robert Mshvidobadze (RUS) may have taken the gold medal in the -60kg
World Cup in Baku. But it will be silver medalist, Vugar Shirinli
(AZE), who leaves with the most amazing of memories. The 17-year old
junior made it to a World Cup final... Read more

Junior Shirinli beats triple Olympic Champion Nomura

Whatever else happens today, 17-year old Vugar Shirinli will remember
the moment he threw Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) for ippon.
In terms of giant slaying it does not get much bigger than a junior, for that is what Shirinli is, defeating the only... Read more

Anastasia Matrosova (UKR) ready for fourth World Cup win in Minsk

In Minsk the women’s World Cup takes place. For the ninth time the women are fighting for the medals and points for the IJF World Ranking. Women from 14 different countries fight in the sport palace. On Saturday in the categories of U48, U52 and... Read more

Thrilling line up in Baku's World Cup first round

Judo is a hugely popular sport in Azerbaijan, particularly after Elnur Mammadli’s -73kg gold medal performance at the Beijing Olympic Games.

So when local youngster Vugar Shirinli steps onto the tatami this morning in Baku for his first... Read more

Former European Champion Torsten Reißmann (GER) passes away

Four times European Champion Torsten Reißmann died at the age of 53 after being ill for a long time.

In and the mid seventies and eighties he was considered as one of the best technicians and was extremely successful. In 1975, 1978, 1980 and... Read more

Judoka of the week: Miklós Ungvári (HUN)

Last weekend Hungary won the first ever European team title in the history, for the first time in 56 European Championships since 1951. For the first time in another setup of the tournament with just five weight categories, back to the old days,... Read more

New back number identification approved per 1 january 2010

To improve the presentation of judokas the IJF and EJU have agreed to use the same and new back number judoka identifications.
This is not only good for television purposes, but also for the present spectators and fans at home as well as... Read more

Hungary wins first European title

Hungary has won the first ever European team title on Saturday in Miskolc. In the final the host country beat Russia by 3-2 after Hungary took a decisive lead of 3-0 in its first three matches.

Russia won the title in the women's category... Read more