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Shodai (left) turned back the clock with an upset win over lone yokozuna Terunofuji on Saturday in Tokyo.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 20, 2024
Asanoyama keeps sole lead as Shodai upsets Terunofuji
Asanoyama, currently ranked as a No. 7 maegashira, defeated No. 9 Meisei to remain the only unbeaten competitor through seven days at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Asanoyama (left) took the outright lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday in Tokyo with his win over Nishikigi.
SUMO
Jan 19, 2024
Kotonowaka loses to Wakamotoharu as Asanoyama takes sole lead
Lone yokozuna Terunofuji and ozeki Kirishima both racked up wins to stay on the second rung at 5-1 on Day 6 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Hoshoryu loses to Gonoyama at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 18, 2024
Gonoyama stuns previously unbeaten Hoshoryu on Day 5
The result left promotion-chasing Kotonowaka and No. 7 Asanoyama as the only unbeaten wrestlers through Day 5 of the 15-day tournament.
Midorifuji (right) defeats Kirishima at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 17, 2024
Midorifuji stuns promotion-chasing Kirishima at New Year meet
"I was doing things off the cuff but it worked out well," Midorifuji said.
While global sumo took its first steps toward becoming an organized sport under Hidetoshi Tanaka, it would be an exaggeration to say that everything was plain sailing internationally while the former president was in power.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 17, 2024
Scandal-hit giant of sumo Hidetoshi Tanaka leaves a complicated legacy
For Tanaka, a terse International Sumo Federation statement marked an ignominious end to the life of one of sumo’s most influential figures.
Wakamotoharu shoves out Takakeisho on Tuesday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
SUMO
Jan 17, 2024
Ozeki Takakeisho pulls out of New Year meet with neck injury
Takakeisho suffered the setback during his second-day victory over No. 1 maegashira Atamifuji on Monday at the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Takakeisho is thrust out of the ring by Wakamotoharu (left) on the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 16, 2024
Wakamotoharu defeats ozeki Takakeisho on Day 3 of basho
No. 1 maegashira Wakamotoharu was the man of the hour on a day of surprises Tuesday when sumo's top four wrestlers were all put under the gun.
Takayasu
SUMO
Jan 16, 2024
Komusubi Takayasu withdraws from New Year meet
The former ozeki felt pain ahead of his Monday bout, a loss to ozeki Kirishima, his stablemaster said.
Terunofuji (left) and Wakamotoharu at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Monday
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 15, 2024
Injury returnee Terunofuji loses to Wakamotoharu on Day 2 of basho
Another long stalemate ended with Wakamotoharu rallying to force the Mongolian-born yokozuna over the straw.
Terunofuji (left) shoves out Ura to win his first bout at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday in Tokyo.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 14, 2024
Terunofuji wins on return as Kirishima launches yokozuna bid
Having withdrawn from the past three meets, Terunofuji is aiming to complete his first 15-day tournament since winning last May's championship with a 14-1 record.
Yokozuna-hopeful Kirishima (right) during a training session in Tokyo earlier this month.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 12, 2024
Winds of change swirl at the top of sumo ahead of New Year meet
Kirishima has his sights set on promotion to yokozuna, while major questions surround injury-plagued Terunofuji.
Yokozuna Terunofuji takes part in a training session in Tokyo earlier this month.
SUMO
Jan 11, 2024
Yokozuna Terunofuji confirmed for New Year meet
The 32-year-old lone grand champion won his eighth Emperor's Cup in May last year with a 14-1 record in his last complete tournament.
Wakatakakage competes at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in November. In sumo, early-arriving fans get to see some of the drama unfold in the lower tiers of the sport.
SUMO / Inside Sumo
Jan 10, 2024
For sumo fans, the drama doesn’t end with the top tier of wrestlers
Starting Sunday in Tokyo, myriad storylines are set to play out in sumo's lower ranks.
Yokozuna Terunofuji (left) practices at the Tokitsukaze sumo stable in Tokyo on Monday, ahead of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO
Jan 9, 2024
Terunofuji takes part in practice bouts ahead of New Year meet
The 32-year-old contested 14 straight practice bouts, winning 13 and losing one, before calling it a day.
Terunofuji claimed his eighth Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan with a commanding 14-1 performance in May, but it was the only time he completed a 15-day tournament all year.
SUMO
Jan 5, 2024
Sumo world awaits new yokozuna as Terunofuji's retirement looms
Severe back pain and other health issues rendered the 32-year-old a nonstarter for four of last year's six grand tournaments.
Wrestlers with the Shikoroyama stable after a training session in Tokyo late last month.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 3, 2024
Opportunities abound for sumo's governing body as centenary nears
Much progress has been made in Japan’s national sport in recent years, but there's still work to be done to better cater to foreign fans.
Onosato (left) and Nishonoseki stablemaster display the rankings list on Monday for the upcoming New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament, during which the highly touted Onosato will make his top-division debut.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 28, 2023
Who will grab the spotlight at sumo's first tourney of 2024?
Ozeki Kirishima has his sights set on the ultimate promotion, while debutant Onosato is looking to impress in his highly anticipated debut.
Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.
SPORTS
Dec 26, 2023
Images of 2023: Sports
For some, 2023 was a year of sweet victory, after many years of not making it to the summit. For Shohei Ohtani, it was yet another year of brilliance.
Ozeki Kirishima speaks during a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Monday.
SUMO
Dec 26, 2023
Kirishima ready for first yokozuna promotion bid
The 27-year-old won his second top-division title at the last tournament of 2023 in November with a 13-2 record.
Sumo stablemaster Shikoroyama (right) with wrestler Abi in Nagoya in June 2019
SUMO
Dec 18, 2023
Sumo stablemaster Shikoroyama dies at 60
Shikoroyama made his professional sumo debut from the Izutsu stable, then headed by his father, in 1979.
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