Loic Pietri (FRA) lights up Coubertin stadium

Loic Pietri set up the Stade Coubertin in Paris at the Junior U20 World Championships. His win over Magomed Magomedov (RUS) turned the hall into a fantastic venue for judo. Pietri captured the home crowd with excellent judo which resulted in the... Read more

European Cup:TSV Abensberg - JC Ettlingen 8:2 (72:10)

TSV Abensberg - JC Ettlingen 8:2 (72:10) Read more

Koceali Büyüksehir (TUR) defeats Izmir Büyüksehir in ECC 3rd round

Koceali Büyüksehir (TUR) has qualified for the next round in the European Club Cup. In Koceali the home team defeated Izmir Büyüksehir in two match rounds by 4-1 and 2-3.

You can find both team line-ups of the second round in the PDF... Read more

Judoka of the Week: Elkhan Rajabli (AZE)

Elkhan Rajabli (AZE) won a gold medal in his home country last weekend at the EJU World Cup in Baku. After a decade of international judo, Rajabli could win on home soil. He is already a veteran at the age of 29. At young age he managed to set... Read more

Huge age difference in Baku not a record

Last weekend’s match between Vugar Shirinli (AZE) and triple Olympic Champion Tadahiro Nomura was a class between ages.

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

Experienced judoka offer Azerbaijan the lead in Baku

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia divided all gold medals this weekend in Baku. The home country was awarded with three gold medals and won the medal count. On Sunday another two gold medals where collected by Elkhan Rajabli (U81kg) and Elkhan... Read more

French women outclass Russians in the medal tally

France have again gained two gold medals at the women’s World Cup in Minsk. Yesterday the French team also won two gold medals. In the U63kg category Anne Laure Poli again took a medal. This year is a success story winning four medals in row at... Read more

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