In the minutes before Teddy Riner entered the arena, Paris 2024 volunteers filled the aisles with phones set to record and security guards peered in from the gangways, trying to snatch a glimpse. A ...

PARIS (AP) — The stands at Champs de Mars filled up quickly. One fan dressed in a white martial arts uniform waved a French flag back and forth. A woman next to him held up a poster with the face of ...

PARIS — Two and a half hours before 17,000 fans rocked the bleachers of La Défense Arena, waving French flags, making so much noise another swimmer said he could hear it through his headphones and ...

Gold medalist France’s Teddy Riner (blue) and Netherlands’ Jelle Snippe compete in the men’s +100kg weight category final during the Grand Slam Judo Championship in Papp Laszlo Arena of Budapest, ...

Teddy Riner earned the decisive victory as France defended its Olympic title in mixed team judo. For more Olympics coverage, go to pdne.ws/4fkdqlw. PARIS — Teddy Riner earned the decisive victory as ...

France’s Teddy Riner, the most successful judoka in Olympic history, will miss next month’s World Championships as he comes back from elbow surgery and prioritizes long-term preparation for a record ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Six years undefeated, two Olympic gold medals won, and more to come. French heavyweight Teddy Riner, a record-eight time world judo champion, earned a second straight gold Friday ...

Few athletes have dominated their sport like Teddy Riner. The six-foot-eight, 140-kilogram man mountain has spent his entire career making history and setting new, seemingly impossible benchmarks. At ...

French judo great Teddy Riner has lost for the first time in nearly a decade after being defeated by Japan’s Kokoro Kageura in the third round of the Paris Grand Slam on Sunday. Kageura countered the ...