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Veterans Worlds
An Extraordinary Chance

Nathalie Mellac is one of the team of referees who will be in action for the next four days refereeing ...

News
International Experts Work on the Future of Judo

With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a cycle has ended and a new one has opened the day after the event, ...

Referee Stories
Taking Time to Reflect

The referees of the World Judo Tour are an incredibly committed group of sportsmen and sportswomen.

Interview
On the Other Side of the Mirror

One is Brazilian, the other French. They are both judoka and now occupy a new role within the IJF refereeing ...

Referee Stories
Stefan Newbury: Development and Excellence Are For Everyone

Development and excellence are for everyone, at different stages and in different ways but they are absolutely ...

World Cadets 24
Olympic Referees at the Cadet Worlds

The Lima World Championships Cadets 2024 is taking place right now, the first global event after the ...

Referee Stories
Lubomir Petr: To Enjoy it is the Point

To be an Olympic referee is something special, to do it 3 times is incredible! Lubomir Petr was a referee ...

Refereeing and Coaching
A Week of Great Commitment for an Educational Seminar and Exams in Almaty

Another objective was achieved at the educational seminar in Almaty, organised by the IJF in collaboration ...

Interview
Tonino Chyurlia: a Life of Curiosity

Tonino Chyurlia is the secretary of the IJF Referee Commission and also an EJU Referee Commissioner.

One Big Step Closer to the Games

The Olympic Ranking List for judoka is competitive, analysed and monitored in fine detail by federations, ...

Referee Stories
Ioana Babiuc: Helping Someone in the Right Moment is the Point

The faces of the World Judo Tour become evermore familiar the closer we get to an Olympic Games.

Referee Stories
To Be Calm is Key

Being a world number one is something special, no matter the area of expertise, from the best judoka ...