JUDO NEWS

Azerbaijan’s Ilham Zakiyev conceded the final match at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships to Russia’s Abdula Kurmagomedov.

Azerbaijan won both the men’s and women’s team event on the final day of the 2017 IBSA European Judo Championships.

Azerbaijani judoka Rovshan Safarov

The Azerbaijan judoka claimed his seventh successive European title in the men’s over 100kg.

Two men practising judo

Dmytro Solovey and Ramil Gasimov were both knocked out in the up to 73kg semi-finals.

a man bites his medal in celebration

Paralympic, world and European champions among competitors at 2017 European Championships.

two para athletes celebrate with their gold medals on the podium

Cristian Valenzuela and Naomi Soazo make Latin American history.

A male judoka in a while suit puts a move on another male judoka in a blue suit.

Rio 2016 Paralympians lead judokas for home Championships.

man bites gold medal in celebration

South Korean judoka aiming for gold at 2018 Asian Para Games.

The four medallists from the women's +70kg judo category on the podium at Rio 2016.

US judoka wants to build on Paralympic bronze medal from Rio 2016.

Sherzod Namozov UZB (white) battles with Makoto Hirose JPN during the Men -60 kg Gold Medal bout

Uzbek judokas won eight of the 12 events on home soil in the capital city of Tashkent, between 26-27 May.

Yanping Yuan (blue) of China with Alimova Khayitjon of Uzbekistan during the Women +70 kg Judo Gold Medal match on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

With the relaunch of its Facebook page, IBSA Judo is hoping to attract more people into the sport.

Logo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)

The event will take place in Cluj Napoca this October.

Judo competitions for athletes aged between 12-21 took place at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

With judokas in every men's and wome's events, Brazil are hoping to perform a clean sweep at the Youth Parapan American Games on Thursday (23 March).

Antonio Tenorio

After winning his sixth successive Paralympic medal on home soil in Rio, Brazil’s judo record-man is already preparing to reach the podium again at Tokyo 2020.

World champions Brazil won the Rio 2016 goalball test event.

Around 900 athletes, aged 12-20 years old, from 20 countries will compete across 12 sports at the fourth Youth Parapan American Games from 20-25 March.

A male judoka in a while suit puts a move on another male judoka in a blue suit.

The British city will stage the continental event between 3-6 August.

Zviad Gogotchuri of Georgia

Ukraine has the most top-ranked judokas with four, followed by South Korea with two.

Screen shot from Coach training video

They are aimed at coaches and referees, whilst Heidelberg was selected host city of the 2017 German Judo Open and training camp, from 24-28 February.

Yanping Yuan (blue) of China with Alimova Khayitjon of Uzbekistan during the Women +70 kg Judo Gold Medal match on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Four women in training suits on a podium, showing medals and mascots

The Brazilian Sports Federation for the Visually Impaired (CBDV) has announced Sao Paulo as the event’s host city, from 10-16 March.

IBSA Judo filming team

The film was created to promote the sport to coaches and will be shown at an annual seminar next year in Azerbaijan.