
Taichung: Osama bin Laden stood out not just because of his height but because of his serious, conservative demeanour, according to a Taiwan man who says the al Qaeda leader, killed by US troops on Monday, was a student in his judo classes in Saudi Arabia. Jimmy Wu, a top Taiwan judo coach, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a tournament in the central city of Taichung...

12:12 AM, May 08, 2011

Henry Cejudo, a son of illegal immigrants from Mexico, completed his American dream on Tuesday. ...

04:48 PM, Aug 19, 2008

In men's 100kg Japan's Satoshi Ishii defeated Abdullo Tangriev of Uzbekistan to win gold. ...

05:56 PM, Aug 15, 2008

At Athens, Japan won eight out of 14 gold medals, but in Beijing they have only three titles. ...

10:40 AM, Aug 15, 2008

He was defeated by Mongolia's Naidan Tuvshinbayar with a tackle throw (morote-gari). ...

04:26 PM, Aug 14, 2008

The 20-year-old took just 13 seconds to throw world champion Wang Ki Chun. ...

11:16 AM, Aug 12, 2008

She won from a division that saw all its leading lights fall by the wayside early on. ...

04:55 PM, Aug 11, 2008

European champion Dumitru dominated the final against Yanet Bermoy. ...

05:18 PM, Aug 09, 2008

Anjali and Avneet failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event. ...

12:38 PM, Aug 09, 2008

First official judo championships were held in 1930 in Japan. ...

04:51 PM, Aug 01, 2008
Bangalore: An upbeat India is raring to go all out to maintain the winning momentum against England in their Group B match of the World Cup at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said. "It is going to be a crucial game for both. But we are going all out to maintain the winning momentum we started on against Bangladesh in Mirpur last week (Feb...

12:47 PM, Dec 22, 2007

Freestyle swimmer Virdhwal Khade and butterfly exponents Arjun Muralidharan and Ankur Poseria were eliminated on Monday. ...

01:26 PM, Dec 04, 2006