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Tokyo opened its annual Judo Grand Slam on the 2nd of December. The annual tournament in the ancestral home of the sport is one of the most prestigious events on the Judo calendar and the highly anticipated closer of the World Judo Tour 2023 season.

China's Qin Haiyang will look to complete his triple-triple crown this evening in the 200 Breast, but has work to do as he enters as just the 4th seed,

Thursday marked the first day that medals were awarded in women’s freestyle at the U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey and the American team left with three. That total matched the number that the 2022 squad accumulated across all ten weights. The 2022 team put three in the finals but did...

“Neutral Athletes” may participate regardless of the country on their passport.

President Bach has condemned Putins invasion of Ukraine, but believes governments calling for a blanket ban on Russians in sport amounts to political interference

, Feb 6 (IANS) The World Athletics' Doping Review Board (DRB) approved the applications of six Russian athletes to compete in international competition as neutral athletes (ANA) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) will remain ...

ULAN BATOR, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Host nation Mongolia grabbed eight medals, including two golds on the first day of the Ulan Bator Grand Slam of judo which start

Russians to Compete as "ROC Team" at 2021 Olympics as WADA Ban Enforces Neutrality Sun, 07/18/2021 - 09:21 Russia At the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Russian athletes will be competing under a "neutral flag" as Russia has been banned from top global sports competition since it was caught in a systematic doping scandal in 2015. Their flag will not be flown and the national anthem not played. Instead they have settled for Tchaikovsky as national anthem.  at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter ...

By Syndicated Content Feb 19, 2021 9:48 AM BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian athletes will compete under the acronym ROC at the Tokyo Olympics this year, as part of sanctions for several doping scandals, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. The full name of the Russian Olympic Committee could not be used and team flags would bear the logo of the committee, it said. If the word Russian could not be removed from team uniforms, the term ‘Neutral Athlete’ must be add...

Russias Olympic ban upheld but reduced to two years from four by Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that Russia cannot use its name, flag, and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years; the World Anti-Doping Agency had proposed a four-year ban; USADA criticises watered-down outcome By AP 2:43 Geraint Hughes of Sky Sports News explains th...