At a World Judo Tour event, and even more so at a world championships, one of the first impressions is of constant movement ...

Wakana Koga was unstoppable at the Baku World Championships 2026. She sliced through the category with virtually no ...

Giorgi Sardalashvili began his international career at the junior level, winning a world title in 2021 as well as reaching ...

In a category which included several world and Olympic medallists, the eventual finalists came as a surprise to many. Neither ...

He is both world number one and the reigning world champion. That alone makes Takeshi Takeoka the outstanding favourite once ...

The leading contenders will be headed by an experienced Odette Giuffrida (ITA). A double Olympic medallist and 2024 world champion, the Rome-born judoka is currently world number two and, in the ...

When the current world number one exits the competition in her first contest, everyone knows it will be a crazy day, but when ...

Six names, 5 countries, 2 continents; just some of the statistics from the first weight category of the first final block of ...

There was no shortage of anticipation as the opening contests commenced on day one of the Baku World Judo Championships 2026.

The 2026 World Judo Championships is about to begin and the fervour around Azerbaijan’s host city, Baku, is already growing.

With an hour to go until the first contests of the Baku World Judo Championships 2026, media representatives were gathered in ...

The Baku 2026 World Championships began with an extraordinary atmosphere, a packed arena and an opening day that delivered both emotion and surprise immediately.