11.   Putin, a judo champion in his youth, is said to drink little.

12.   Still, nowhere are judo champions more cherished than in the land where the sport was created.

13.   The Court of Arbitration for Sport has provisionally lifted an indefinite suspension imposed on French Olympic judo champion Djamel Bouras.

14.   The former judo champion insisted that he has never accepted gifts or favors during his time as an IOC member.

15.   Olympic judo champion David Douillet will be out of action for at least five months following a motorbike accident here, it was revealed on Tuesday.

16.   Reigning heavyweight judo champion David Khakhaleichvili was forced out of the competition before he could even step onto the mat.

17.   The father of the child is her long-time boyfriend Thierry Rey, a French national judo champion.