The Iran Judo Federation called it’s suspension from international competition “unfair” after it was banned from all competitions for trying to make judoka Saeid Mollaei withdraw from the World Judo ...
With the qualification period for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics underway, the world's best blind judoka will fight for continental titles in Asia, the Americas and Europe as well as at four Grand Prix ...
Saeid Mollaei should have been focusing on the defence of his World Judo Championship title. Instead, the Iranian judoka was fretting about his safety and his family’s safety. While competing in Tokyo ...
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Saeid Mollaei has been in hiding since he left the Iranian judo team last month, saying he had been ordered to withdraw from the world championships on political grounds.
The International Judo Federation on Wednesday banned Iranian athletes from its events over the country’s policy to boycott matches with Israeli participants. The move comes after one of Iran’s top ...
Two days of competition took place at the Chizhovka Arena in the country's capital city. The venue will also host action at next year’s Games, with the Open used as the official test event. The hosts ...
Seven students from Port St. Lucie recently competed at the U.S. Open Judo Championship in Fort Lauderdale, with one participant bringing home a gold medal. Aubrey Genereux won gold in the girls ...
Still, regardless of the outcome at the Olympics, Harrison was ready to call it quits. She had been training in judo for 20 years and didn’t find much pleasure doing so anymore. “I wasn’t learning ...
Iran was suspended from international competition by the International Judo Federation (IJF) on Wednesday for putting pressure on one of its fighters to withdraw from the world judo championships to ...
Several students from the Goltz Judo program in Claremont won awards at the USA Judo Junior Olympic National Championships held in June in Anaheim. They are JoJo Forman, 13, of Upland, who won a gold ...