Sumo wrestling
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Ukrainian refugee Danylo Yavhusishyn wows Japan to win his country’s first elite sumo title
21-year-old beats grand champion HoshoryuWrestler uses ring name Aonishiki ArataDanylo Yavhusishyn has become …
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Hull teenager becomes second Briton ever to join professional sumo stable
Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional sumo ranks after winning amateur tournamen…
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Onosato promoted to yokozuna after record-setting ascent in sumo
Onosato becomes 75th yokozuna after Summer title winFastest promotion to yokozuna in modern six-basho eraFirst…
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The Ukrainian refugee fighting to become the first European sumo grand champion
Known by his fighting moniker, Aonishiki Arata, the Ukrainian wrestler recently won promotion to sumo’s highes…
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London to host only second professional Sumo wrestling contest outside of Japan
Royal Albert Hall will host five-day event in October, after bringing in specialist soil and a strengthened st…
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Pioneering Hawaiian-born sumo champion Akebono dies aged 54
Tributes paid to wrestler, who was born Chad Rowan and became the sport’s first non-Japanese grand champion in…
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Sumo kind of wonderful as Takerufuji’s debut win in top division makes history
Wrestler, whose real name is Mikiya Ishioka, triumphs in Osaka to secure Emperor’s Cup despite injuring his an…
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Weighty issue: Japan Airlines lays on extra plane after sumo wrestlers make aircraft too heavy to fly
Concerns over fuel capacity with wrestlers onboard led to national carrier taking the ‘unusual step’ of transf…
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The female sumo wrestlers fighting for recognition – a photo essay
Sumo – a historical Japanese martial art and a longtime favourite sport of the nation – is open solely to male…
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Sumo wrestler dies one month after suffering head injury in Japan
Hibikiryu, 28, landed awkwardly during a bout in March and was later treated for a spinal injuryA Japanese sum…
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Conservative world of sumo slow to take action on concussion
While football and rugby make adjustments, clashes of heads continue in Japan’s national sport The crack of tw…
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Tokyo’s 10-year-old sumo champion in training – in pictures
Kyuta Kumagai, crowned last year as the under-10 sumo world champion, is twice the size of other children his …
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Sumo’s heaviest ever wrestler urges others to keep eating habits in check
Ōrora, who hit 292kg before he retired, warns wrestlers need to care of themselves after death of colleague fr…
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Professional sumo wrestler Shobushi dies at 28 after contracting Covid-19
Wrestler one of youngest to die from virus in JapanShobushi had been in intensive care for three weeksA 28-yea…
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Japan in raptures as outsider wins sumo contest – and bursts into tears
The 188kg wrestler Tokushoryu bulldozes his way into the hearts of a nation unaccustomed to displays of emotio…