The Junior Worlds Heads to Tajikistan

It is important to recognise the federations who are concentrating on growth, especially those doing ...

Rasul Boqiev (TJK): Sharing Everything With the Next Generation

Rasul Boqiev is a household name in Tajikistan and for all the right reasons. He was the country’s ...

Madina Qurbonzoda (TJK)

On day one of the Dushanbe Grand Prix a 15 year Tajik girl stepped on to the mat to compete at her first ...

Clubs and TV Fuel a Growing Federation

The main office of the Tajikistan Judo Federation is located in the same building as the dojo of the ...

Abdullo Muradov: Community Foundations

Abdullo Muradov is the Secretary of the IJF Sport Commission, a role he has held for the last 5 years, ...

+100kg: Bashaev Concludes the Dushanbe Grand Prix

It is undoubtedly the final that we could have expected at the beginning of the third and last day of ...

Thank You Dushanbe and Thank You Tajikistan

That's it, the Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023 is over. So now this will always be the first event of its kind ...

+78kg: Golden Rochele's Premiere

This last day of competition has definitely smiled on the German team. After the 100% German final in ...

Technical Analysis, Day 3: Conditioning and Experience

Ziad Maafi is a key member of the IJF IT Team and in Dushanbe he is seconded specifically to support ...

-100kg: Matvey Kanikovskiy Scores in Dushanbe

Matvey Kanikovskiy (AIN) and Niiaz Bilalov (AIN) did not leave many crumbs for the opposition and qualified ...

-78kg: German Double

With her victory in Austria only a week ago and one at the Tbilisi Grand Slam in March, Anna-Maria Wagner ...

-90kg: Komronshokh Ustopiriyon Wins Gold Number Three for Tajikistan

So far each day of competition has brought its share of success for the host country. After the victories ...

Ramzi Shamirov: Proud to Referee at Home

Ramzi Shamirov is an IJF referee and has also been working for the Tajikistan Judo Federation for many ...

Technical Analysis, Day 2: Attacks Over Tactics

The middleweights were under the spotlight in Tajikistan for day 2 of the first ever Dushanbe Grand Prix. ...

Make Some Noise for the Dushanbe Grand Prix!

What a day and what an audience! If only one thing were to be remembered from this second day of competition ...

-70kg: Pinot Is the Boss

The Polish athlete, Katarzyna Sobierajska, was not among the top favourites of the competition but with ...

-73kg: Makhmadbekov Tops the Medal Podium

Once again, Tajikistan, organiser of the Dushanbe Grand Prix, shone. At -73kg the home nation qualified ...

-63 kg: Croatia Performs in Dushanbe

With one exception, Amina Belkadi (ALG), there were only European judoka in the final block at -63kg. ...

It's a Beautiful Judo Audience

A sporting event without an audience is an aberration. Even if for almost two years of global pandemic, ...

-66kg: Obid Dzhebov Makes the Country Touch the Sky

If the public came in great numbers to attend this first day of the Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023, it is because ...

Technical Analysis, Day 1: Exceeding Expectations

On day 1 in Dushanbe Mr Jose Manuel Cortes (ESP) is present in the Kasri Tennis Arena as a member of ...

-52kg: Gold for Kuznetsova

With two bronze medals already this season, earned at the Tbilisi Grand Slam and Upper Austria Grand ...

-60kg: Ramazan Abdulaev Wins Gold

Winner of the Tbilisi Grand Slam at the end of March but not ranked at the recent World Judo Championships ...

Judo Inspires the World In Dushanbe for the First Grand Prix in Tajikistan

During the opening ceremony that celebrated the flags of all delegations taking part in the first ever ...

-48kg: Marusa Stangar Is Climbing the World Ranking

Already a winner in Linz a week ago, Marusa Stangar arrived in Dushanbe full of confidence. Although ...

A Tasty Cocktail

The World Judo Tour has its habits. Each year, the world's best athletes travel around the world to compete ...

Long Live The Underdogs

Let’s talk about two underdogs arriving at the Kasri Tennis Arena with a lot more in their arsenal ...

Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023

Are you ready for the Duschanbe Grand Pris 2023?

The Dushanbe Grand Prix Draw is Online!

Dushanbe is the newest city on the World Judo Tour, opening up a new country for the rest of the judo ...

Tajikistan, Equal Respect for Heritage and Progress

Among the 37 delegations present in Konya at the 5th edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games, is the ...

Judo In Schools Tajikistan

IJF signs Judo for Schools contract with Tajikistan

As the Budapest Grand Prix continued to unfold at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena on Saturday, ...