Naohisa Takato won the final of the men's 60kg judo to give host nation Japan their first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on ...

Naohisa Takato won Japan's first gold medal of the 2020 Olympics when he outlasted Yung Wei Yang of Chinese Taipei in the 60kg weight class on Saturday in Tokyo. Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won one ...

Japan have won six of the 10 judo gold medals award to date at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images Two-time world champion Arai was hoping to secure Japan’s sixth judo gold medal in five days, with the local ...

Tenorio is the most decorated Paralympic judoka with four gold, one silver and a bronze medal. He enjoyed a run of four straight Paralympic gold medals from Atlanta 1996 through to Beijing 2008, but ...

Judo is always a must-watch event at the Olympics, but this was particularly true in Tokyo. Japan is the sport's birthplace, and numerous Japanese judokas had the chance to win Olympic gold on their ...

After winning his 11th world title, Teddy Riner is back on track for another Olympic gold medal. (Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY Sports) The Tokyo Games saw a huge medal haul for host nation Japan. Now, ...

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general ...