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Zagreb GP 2026
The Zagreb Grand Prix is Just Hours Away

The last Grand Prix of 2026 has arrived and Zagreb is the host city, a familiar landscape on the World ...

Zagreb GP 2026
Zagreb Grand Prix Preview

There are just hours to go before the draw for the 2026 Zagreb Grand Prix will take place in Croatia’s ...

Refereeing
Győr Brings Referees and Coaches Together to Talk Judo

When does a standing exchange become ne-waza? What distinguishes a genuine attack from a false one? In ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Turikumwe: Twenty Years for a Dream

In the early 2000s, I began travelling regularly to Burundi as part of a development project centred ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Brazil and Lithuania Strike Gold on Day 3 in Dakar

The final day of judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games brought two more champions, thrilling finishes ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Dakar 2026, One Team, One Goal

Behind every contest at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games lies a collective effort that spectators rarely ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Clarisse Agbegnenou: The Strength to Win, the Freedom to Be Human

The question came from a young Senegalese athlete; facing Clarisse Agbegnenou, she wanted to understand ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Dakar 2026: Three More Champions, Another Day to Remember!

Three more champions have emerged from an exciting second day of judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Three New Champions and a Presidential Visit Light Up Dakar

Three new Youth Olympic champions were crowned on the second day of judo at Dakar 2026, as Fatima Supygaliyeva ...

YOG Dakar 2026
From Kakuma to Dakar, Arno Finds His Place

Botay Arno Yafunga came to Dakar dreaming of gold.

YOG Dakar 2026
A Country on Their Backs, a Continent in Their Hearts

There are days when competing at home means something greater than the distance between an athlete’s ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Dakar 2026: First Golds, Historic Bronze!

The first judo medals of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games have been decided! Ibrahim Talibov (AZE), ...