PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Individual champion Teddy Riner led France into the judo mixed team final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, causing such excitement among the home crowd that officials at the ...

France won 4-1, getting wins from Teddy Riner, Clarisse Agbegnenou, Axel Clerget, and Romane Dicko in an event that proved to be a thrilling innovation for the games. Akira Sone won the lone point for ...

When the Olympic Games first began in ancient Greece, women were forbidden from competing in or even viewing the games, instead taking part in the separate Heraean Games. Since 776 B.C., the Games ...

Author Des Bieler, top, tries to contain Nicholas Dudek as Bieler tries out judo for the first time at the Kennedy Recreation Center in Washington. (John McDonnell/Washington Post) UFC champion Ronda ...

TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - France claimed the judo gold medal in the first mixed team event ever held in the Games on Saturday, beating Japan 4-1 in the final and helping their heavyweight legend ...