Cuban judo

Cuba bids farewell without medals from the 2026 Baku Judo World Championship

Cuban judo leaves without medals in the individual tournament at the World Championship in Baku

Díaz-Canel speaks of "rights" in Cuba "for everyone"

Cold, fear, and a point of no return: Melissa Hurtado recalls her escape from the Cuban judo team in France

Mijaín López will represent a Japanese professional mixed martial arts agency in Cuba

From Dominance to Setback: Cuba finishes third in Santo Domingo 2026 and disappoints in its flagship sports

Hernández Luján: "Cuban sports decline every four years"

Cuba remains in third place in the medal table for Santo Domingo 2026

Iván Silva enhances his legend with another gold; Andy Granda secures a double gold for Cuba

Cuba asserts its dominance in Guatemala with five gold medals at the regional judo qualifiers

Cuba reigned in the Central American Judo Cup Panama 2026

Two Cuban champions reunite in Miami

Judo athlete Dayanara Curbelo wins Cuba's first gold medal at the Junior Pan American Games

The decline of Cuban judo continues: zero medals in Budapest 2025

ICE detains Cuban judoka who escaped from an official delegation: His family fears he will be deported

Cuba is still without medals at the Judo World Championships in Budapest: Maylín del Toro loses in her debut

Cuba will compete with nine judokas at the World Championship in Budapest

Two Cuban judokas leave the delegation and seek asylum in Chile

Andy Granda leads Cuba with gold at the 2025 Pan American Judo Championship

Cuban Iván Felipe Silva shines on the tatami: Gold at the Austria Grand Prix

Cuban judokas win bronze at the Tashkent Grand Slam

Cuban judoka Dayle Ojeda recounts how she defected at the Paris Olympics: "I kept looking back to see if anyone was following me."

Nationalized judo athlete in Spain Ayumi Leiva: "In Cuba, I was humiliated."

Cuban judoka Sheyla Hernández wins silver at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Cuban judoka Andy Granda loses bronze medal match at the Olympics in Paris

Cubans under other flags in Paris 2024: the wrestler Yasmani Acosta, with Chile in his heart

Cuban judo legend Idalys Ortiz eliminated in the round of 16 and leaves Paris without a medal

Cuban judoka Iván Silva falls after a tough match against Erlan Cherov in Paris

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro eliminated in her debut at Paris 2024

Cuban judoka leaves the team in Paris before the start of the Olympic Games

Cubans under other flags in Paris 2024: María Celia Laborde, the gift of perseverance

16-year-old Cuban athlete who died from a heart attack had won a gold medal at the National School Games

16-year-old Cuban athlete dies of a heart attack days after competing in the National School Games

Cuban judoka María Celia Laborde pursues her Olympic dream for the United States

Cuban judoka will represent the United States at Paris 2024

Interview with Oscar Brayson: "I am in Honduras raising the level of judo in this Central American country"

Judoka Magdiel Estrada leaves the Cuban delegation in Brazil

Cuban judoka Ónix Cortés: "I always remember Veitía because he taught us to be strong."

Family seeks help to send the body of judoka Maricet Espinosa to Cuba: "There is a devastated mother"

Cuban judoka Maricet Espinosa has passed away at the age of 34

Shooting and judo adorn the Cuban delegation with gold at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games

Cuban judo wins gold in mixed team event at the Pan American Games

Pan American gold for the Cuban mixed doubles table tennis players

Cuba's harvest of gold medals grows thanks to the Pan American judo

Cuban table tennis will have representatives at Paris 2024

Cuba is in sixth place at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

Golden judo medals propel Cuba forward in the Pan American medal standings

Idalys Ortiz and Julio César La Cruz will be the flag bearers for Cuba at the Pan American Games in Santiago

Andy Granda wins the Pan American and Oceania judo tournament in Calgary

World champion Manolo Poulot: "With my effort and my work, I can carve out a life that I cannot have in Cuba."

Cuban judokas win team event in Russia

Cuban judo earns another title at university festival in Russia

Cuba wins gold, silver, and bronze at Russian university festival

Cuban young judokas head to the mats in Russia

Cuban judo sinks at the World Masters tournament in Hungary

Mass exodus: Five Cuban judokas abandon tour in France

Cuba finishes without medals at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Two other Cubans finish without a podium at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Cuban Silva claws back bronze at the Judo World Championship

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro also does not advance past the first round of the world championship