Israel’s Tohar Butbul’s run in men’s judo at the Tokyo Olympics was shrouded in controversy as two potential competitors failed to compete against him over what appeared to be political reasons.

TOKYO (AP) — Tohar Butbul could only shake his head in resignation after the Israeli judo star's first two potential opponents dropped out of the Tokyo Olympics shortly before they would have faced ...

PARIS -- The International Judo Federation will launch an investigation into why Algeria's Messaoud Redouane Dris failed his weigh-in before a bout with Israel's Tohar Butbul -- which could be part of ...

A second judoka due to face Tohar Butbul has dropped out of the Tokyo Olympics. Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool weighed in for his match against Butbul, who is from Israel, but did not show up for the ...

PARIS (AP) — The International Judo Federation will conduct an investigation after Messaoud Dris of Algeria missed weight at the Paris Games on the day before he was scheduled to face Tohar Butbul of ...

A second judo athlete has dropped out of the Olympics before facing Israel’s Tohar Butbul in the 73-kilogram division. Olympic officials say Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool didn’t show up to face Butbul ...

Algerian judoka Redouane Messaoud Dris has pulled out of his Olympic judo match against Israel's Tohar Butbul. He becomes the third athlete to do so across the past two editions of the Summer Games in ...

PARIS - Algerian Redouane Messaoud Dris was disqualified from the men's under-73kg judo event at the Paris Olympics after failing the weigh-in a day before he was scheduled to face Israel's Tohar ...

Algerian Redouane Messaoud Dris has become the third athlete to withdraw from an Olympic judo match against Israel's Tohar Butbul. The judoka was disqualified on Monday after failing to make weight ...