This is the moment a plucky judo practitioner detains a thief in a neck lock while a cop cuffs his wrists after reportedly chasing the man when he stole her phone and tackling him to the ground. The judoka, name not reported, was filmed detaining the suspected thief on the…
A French Olympic judo champion has posted a photo of her shocking facial injuries allegedly inflicted by her judo coach partner who was then freed on bail. Olympic judoka Margaux Pinot, 27, won Olympic gold with France in the team competition in Tokyo last summer. She also took several European…
The Taiwanese boy who was thrown to the mat 27 times during a judo class in April has died after two months in a coma. https://twitter.com/i/status/1410582976992321541 The seven-year-old boy, surnamed Huang and known by his nickname Wei Wei, died in hospital on 29th June. The incident took place during a…
A famous Iranian judo fighter who fled to Germany after publicly criticising Iranian officials has arrived in Israel for this year's Tel Aviv Grand Slam. Iranian judo practitioner Saeid Mollaei was granted asylum in Germany in November 2019 after publicly claiming select officials coerced him to throw a bout to…
This French national judo champion has been found dead at 27 in circumstances that investigators "need to shed light on". Credits: Golders Yosef Bingan N’Debi died during the night of last Thursday to Friday at his home in Perigueux, the capital of south-western France's Dordogne department. He was found in…