Olympic Judo News

Former University of Maine assistant coach Matt Thomas, who spent two seasons in Orono , has been named the new head hockey coach at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.

A Russian judo official says a four-time European judo champion who committed suicide had been depressed since failing to win a medal at last year's London Olympics.

PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Armenian Sambo Federation Levon Hayrapetyan said that 4 sambo wrestlers from Armenia will participate in the Summer Universiade to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan from July 6 to 17. "Tigran Kirakosyan , Gor Mailyan , Mher Karapetyan and Hakob Arakelyan will go to Kazan.

DEVIZES judoka Tom Reed hopes his gold at the Miami Grand Prix will stand him in good stead on the road towards his ultimate goal of qualification for the next Olympics.

Failure at the London 2012 Olympics was a contributing factor in the apparent suicide of Russian judoka Elena Ivashchenko, a judo official who knew her said Monday.

Great Britain's Ashley McKenzie hopes bronze at the International Judo Federation Miami Grand Prix can prove another step towards him qualifying for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

A trio of elite scholarship athletes from UEL will have the proud honour of representing their countries at next month's World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

The Cuban judo team are scheduled to fly to Miami Thursday to take part in the IJF Grand Prix between June 15 and 16, a coach said here on Wednesday.

CENTRAL Victorian judo players Shayanne Stuart and Bryan Jolly have qualified for this year's world championships after their success at the weekend's Australian titles in Wollongong.

The world judo chief urged Japan Monday to clean up its act after the sport was sullied in its birthplace by scandals including abusive coaching, misuse of funds and sexual harassment.

Tinka Easton has brought the Illawarra region success on the opening day of the Judo National Championships at WIN Entertainment Centre.

The Buddha Bar has fired a waitress for improper behavior toward Olympic champion judoka Teddy Riner, who lashed out about alleged racism at the upscale Paris bar-restaurant.

'It's not how as Austin Powers depicted it,' Elcock laughed. 'When everyone hears judo, they think of the Austin Powers scene where he judo chops everyone and I hate that' For many, judo may be one of those sports they only hear about once every four years when the Summer Olympics roll around, but for Elcock, 17, it has become his passion and his ... (more)

If brides were awarded medals for their wedding attire, Olympic silver medallist, Gemma Gibbons , would have won gold for the dress she wore to marry her fellow judoka, Euan Burton.

Zupancic, who is currently ranked first overall in the under-70 kg class, took advantage of a first round bye before defeating the Austrian Bernadette Graf by ippon in her first bout.

Britain's Sally Conway missed out on the chance to fight for bronze as she finished seventh at the International Judo Federation World Masters.