In front of around 3,500 fans gathered at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine, sumo wrestling's newest grand champion, or 'yokozuna', receives the ancient sport's highest rank. Hoshoryu, a 25-year-old Mongolian-born ...
But the last two weeks of the tournament have likely felt more somber than exciting following the recent news that legendary sumo wrestler Kitanofuji passed away. He was 82 years old. On Wednesday ...
Sumo is walking a 'tightrope' as it prepares to stage events outside Japan for the first time in 20 years while also trying ...
Sumo wrestling is often seen as a spectacle of brute force—massive men colliding in an explosive test of strength. It’s a ...
Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week.
Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Hoshoryu has been promoted ... In accepting the promotion, the 25-year-old wrestler vowed to strive so as not to disgrace the title of yokozuna. In a news conference ...
A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the ... 3,500 fans arrived at the Meiji Shine in Tokyo to see the 25-year-old complete a number of rituals to receive his new title.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kotozakura, who will enter the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March as a demotion-threatened "kadoban" ...
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