I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler ... Japan's only new champion during that period, Kisenosato, held the rank for less than two years. "Mongolians do so well because their national wrestling style ...

Pray tell, how can someone who thinks they "know" about sumo, conveniently "forget" Takanohana, who won 22 tournaments, which is 6th place overall and so many others WAY ahead of Terunofuji! Akebono ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sumo grand champion Terunofuji ... when Hawaiian-born Akebono debuted as a yokozuna. A foreign-born wrestler has continuously held the yokozuna rank since then, but that streak ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's highest ...

1 maegashira Kirishima on Day 3 of the New Year Grand Sumo ... champion for the first time in about 32 years, during which at least one foreign-born wrestler always occupied the exalted rank ...