LONDON - It was over in little more than a minute, but it will go down as one of the most memorable moments of the London Games. A young Saudi judo fighter's decisive defeat on the mat Friday is being ...

Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, a Coney Island scrapper who will always be remembered as the Mother of Woman’s Judo, has died following a prolonged bout with leukemia. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, ...

It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue. She ...

DENVER -- Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, said she died ...

Wojdan Shaherkani, the judoka from Saudi Arabia who is one of the first women to represent her country in the Olympics, has been ordered not to wear the hijab, or head scarf, during competition. The ...

For Janki Goud, the threat of rape has long loomed large. In the state of Madhya Pradesh in northern India, where Goud lives, rape is among the most common crimes against women. The region accounted ...

A young woman recently approached Jim Nieto and told him matter-of-factly that she wanted to compete in the Olympics. He wasn't entirely sure how to react. The longtime Santa Monica judo coach didn't ...

U.S. women’s judo bronze medal winner Marti Malloy, the second woman from Team USA ever to medal in judo, says it “feels really good” to hold her medal, and explains that for her, judo is a family ...