Category: MARTIAL ARTS

  • Women’s -78 kg. Category is AGUIAR Mayara (Brazil) the Judo world Master Almaty

    Almaty-Kazakhstan: The second and last day of the JUDO WORLD MASTER ALMATY 2012 offered very tight and tense fights with many spectacular techniques. The Champions of the day are: MAMMADLI Elnur (Azerbaijan), DECOSSE Lucie (France), NISHIYAMA Masashi (Japan), AGUIAR Mayara (Brazil), RAKOV Maxim (Kazakhstan), QIN Qian (China) and SILVA Rafael (Brazil). Men’s -81 kg. Category: Gold for Azerbaijan…

  • THE JUDO WORLD MASTER ALMATY 2012 DAY 1

    Almaty-Kazakhstan, Jan 14, 2011: The first day of the JUDO WORLD MASTER ALMATY 2012 offered very spectacular fights with many ippon. The majority of the favorites won the Gold medals, but some surprise occurred. Among them, a big one: the best judoka of the world, the Uzbek Rishod SOBIROV was defeated in final. The Champions of the first…

  • IJF President Marius VIZER received the Kazakhstan NOC’s Golden Order

    Almaty-Kazakhstan, Jan 14, 2011: Kazakhstan NOC Golden Order, In the first day of the World Masters Almaty 2012, the Minister of Sports and Tourism of Republic of Kazakhstan, Talgat YERMEGIYAEV rewarded Marius VIZER, the IJF President with the Golden Order of National Olympic Committee of Republic of Kazakhstan for his special merits in sport’s development globally and specfically…

  • World No 1 spin bowler Saeed Amjal amongst Pakistan’s sporting best for 2011

    By: Rashid Ali Siddiqui, President PSWF: Asian Karate Champion Saadi Abbas, World number 1 spin bowler Saeed Amjal, Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq and Women’s cricket captain Sana Mir were adjudged the best athletes of the year 2011 by the Pakistan Sports Writers Federation (PSWF). PSWF is the sole representative sports journalist body in Pakistan and affiliated with…

  • Wilfried Lemke visits and enjoys his visit to Burundi

    Wilfried Lemke visits Burundi, Just before the Christmas break, during a trip to Africa, Wilfried Lemke (the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Sport for Development and Peace), made a stop in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, in order to follow up a number of projects supported by the United Nations.…

  • Another upcoming Judo star Pervaiz Khan lost the World

    Pehsawar-Pakistan Jan 05, 2012: The 23-year-old young international judoka, Pervaiz Khan, was laid to rest on Thursday in Charsadda, a spokesman for the Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) said on Thursday. Pervaiz sustained severe injuries in an accident on Motorway near Charsadda some 15 days back. He was admitted to a local hospital where he breathed…

  • Judo at the Olympic Games 2012, London

    Judo Olympic Games 2012, The 2011 season is almost over (it will be the case after the World Judo Masters to be held in Almaty next January) and 2012 will be the so awaited Olympic year. Please find below the Olympic qualification process that will be used to determine who will go to London 2012.…

  • One Road, Death, Life Judo Brings Back Smiles, “It is now that everything is starting, please do not forget us”

    Life Judo Brings Back Smiles, At the end of the third day of the Judo Grand Slam, Tokyo 2011, the International Judo Federation and the French Judo Federation made a donation of US $300,000 ($200,000 from the IJF + $100,000 from the FFJ) to support the reconstruction in the Japanese quake zone, after the disaster…

  • Karachi Taekwondo Academy organizes 25th Belt Promotion Test and Prize Award Ceremony

    Karachi-Pakistan, Dec 23, 2011: Karachi Taekwondo Academy organized its 25th Taekwondo Belt Promotion Test and Prize Award Ceremony on 18h December 2011 at Staff Welfare Community Centre, Garden Road. The Guest of Honor was Muhammad Javed Khan, Secretary, Sindh Taekwondo Association and respectable parents. Around 15 students were promoted from white belt to yellow belt.…

  • The Judo Grand Prix Qingdao Day-3 (last day)

    Qingdao, China: The third day of the JUDO GRAND PRIX QINGDAO 2011 offered a number of very exiting fights with a wealth many ippons, from both spectacular throwing and ground techniques. The Champions of the last day are: NISHIYAMA Masashi (Japan), Kayla HARRISON (USA), HWANG Hee-Tae (Korea), TONG Wen (China) and Ihar MAKARAU (Belarus). Men’s -90kg.…