It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue. She ...

LONDON (Reuters) - After days of controversy and hours of negotiation over whether she could compete in an Islamic headscarf, Saudi Arabia's first female athlete to appear at the Olympic Games bowed ...

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's female judo competitor will fight at the London Olympics "without a hijab", or Islamic headscarf, the sport's chief said on Thursday. Wodjan Ali Seraj ...

Women’s judo wasn’t allowed into the Olympics until 1988, after martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue the International Olympic Committee for discrimination. This helped earn her the ...