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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 ...

World Judo Day 2026
Belonging in Action: World Judo Day Across the World

World Judo Day is more than a date in the calendar.

Olympic Solidarity
Building Expertise and Strengthening Judo in Djibouti

Developing judo requires more than athletes willing to train and compete.

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), ...

YOG Dakar 2026
Dakar’s First Judo Podia Bring Joy and an Historic Medal for Senegal

The first day of judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games delivered everything the occasion deserved: ...