Japan has a new sumo grand champion after breaking years of dominance from other nations. Onosato, weighing in at 191 kilograms, is the first Japanese competitor to reach the top rank of yokozuna ...

The Grand Sumo Tournament winner was greeted with a trophy worth lifting as they were handed an extra large bottle of soy sauce. London bid farewell to Japan’s finest sumo wrestlers on Sunday at the ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn said Monday that he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his country to win a tournament in the ancient Japanese sport. Yavhusishyn became ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...

Britain's reigning sumo champion has said the Japanese sport is "surging" across the UK as the Grand Sumo Tournament comes to London. Will Bowles, who competes with Doncaster Sumo Club, said the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship.

Japan’s top sumo wrestlers rolled into London’s Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday evening for the start of a five-day tournament to showcase their ancient sport heaving under the weight of tradition, ...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of "yokozuna" — or ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...