Two giants stare each other down before colliding with a dull thud. After years on the sidelines, sumo is back centre stage ...

By Tom Bateman and Rocky Swift TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Ukraine-born grappler who has taken the sumo world by storm is ...

The Ukraine-born grappler who has taken the sumo world by storm is in deep training for a historic run at the highest prize in Japan’s national sport. Aonishiki, whose sumo name means “blue brocade” ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki yesterday won his second straight tournament to take his meteoric rise in the ancient ...

Ozeki champion Aonishiki has won the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament after a playoff. This is the Ukrainian wrestler's second ...

Danylo Yavhusyshyn, known to his opponents as Aonishiki, left his homeland after the Russian invasion to pursue a childhood ...

Aonishiki Arata, who fled the Ukraine war in 2022, has won 2 Japanese grand tournament titles back-to-back Ukrainian sumo star Aonishiki Arata is eyeing the grand title of yokozuna after winning his ...

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

Danylo Yavhusishyn fled the war in Ukraine to become a sumo wrestler in Japan and his rapid rise has taken him to one step away from reaching the ancient sport's highest rank. Yavhusishyn, who is ...

A Japanese tradition has made its way to South Florida.Sumo wrestling is Japan’s oldest and most popular sport, dating back<a ...

After more than three decades away, the ancient sport of sumo made a triumphant return to London’s Royal Albert Hall, filling the sold-out venue with the sound of stomps, shouts and centuries of ...