Using the hulking wrestlers as ambassadors is a long-established practice. As early as 1854, they displayed their strength ...

The 21-year-old, who is close to becoming the first European yokozuna or grand champion in Japan, is motivated by messages from his war-torn home ...

Danylo Yavhusishyn, known in the ring as Aonishiki, is a 21-year-old Ukrainian war refugee climbing Japan’s professional sumo ...

Romeo Beckham takes on sumo wrestler in Japan amid family feud - The second eldest Beckham child is currently travelling ...

Amid sumo’s growing popularity at home and abroad, rising young wrestler Aonishiki Arata hopes his success can help thrust Japan’s ancient sport further into the global spotlight. The 21-year-old ...

It’s hard to picture a sumo wrestler playing golf, and it’s even harder to imagine why these 330 lbs men would be banned from playing the sport altogether. This is actually a story about one of the ...

Since fleeing Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn has dominated the competition and ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan's national sport. In an elaborate ceremony on Wednesday, he was promoted by the Japan ...

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

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

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn won his second straight tournament on Sunday to take his meteoric rise in the ancient Japanese sport to new heights. "I will do my best so that I will have ...