Judo was first contested at the Olympics in 1964 when the Games took place in Tokyo ... The men's heavyweight judo division in Atlanta promised a clash of Goliaths named David: the 1992 Olympic gold ...

Koga would rebound to win consecutive World Judo Championships in 1989 and ... win a silver medal in the 78-kg class at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Koga retired from the sport in 2000 and became ...

The last time the United States hosted the Summer Olympics was in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, producing a cavalcade of stars and a spectacle to match. From the opening ceremonies to the Parade of ...

America's reputation for staging major events suffered a major setback with these Olympics that seemed to lurch from one disaster to another. They were mired in controversy from the moment they ...

(Reuters) - Georgia's Lasha Bekauri won the gold medal men's under 100kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. Japan's Sanshiro Murao took the silver, while Theodoros Tselidis of Greece and ...

The Atlanta Olympics and Paralympics had more than 53,000 volunteers. "What you're going to see on July 15th will be a manifestation of the true Olympic spirit: people who got caught up in it for ...

The Polar Plunge is the largest annual fundraiser for the Special Olympics. If you would like to participate in the next fundraiser, there's an Atlanta to Savannah Bike Ride being held from March ...