Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan. 29 filled the void by ...

OSAKA - Ozeki Aonishiki's yokozuna promotion bid is all but over after his fourth defeat in seven days at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday, while yokozuna Hoshoyu stayed among the six-man ...

The end of the January grand sumo tournament was an absolute thriller as Hoshoryu won three straight matches on the final day to claim his second championship. Within a few days, the Mongolian Ozeki ...

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 ...

Highlights: • Ukrainian wrestler Aonishiki shocks fans with a one-handed throw in London • First Grand Sumo Tournament in the city since 1991 sells out instantly • Mongolian yokozuna Hoshoryu claims ...

TOKYO - Hoshoryu needed a rematch and his fellow yokozuna Onosato walked on thin ice, but the pair did enough to join the top of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament leaderboard on Saturday after No. 12 ...