A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, after ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, after ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, after ...

According to former Mongolian sumo journalist Dashzevegiin Altankhuyag there are more than 40 Mongolians wrestling in Japan today. Consequently, Narantsogt explained that he can sometimes meet up ...

A Mongolian-born Japanese sumo wrestler has been forced to retire after a litany of his abusive and violent behaviour towards junior fighters was exposed. The 22-year-old grappler, Hokuseiho Osamu ...

Sumo wrestling has taken Mongolia by storm. Its male wrestlers have reached the peak of the sport in Japan, from where it originates, and in recent years, more and more women have been entering ...

Debi Edward meets a young wrestler hoping to become a sumo star. Credit: On Assignment On our final day in Mongolia I met Tuvshijargal. She is a 17-year-old female sumo world champion.

He was called the Michael Jordan of sumo wrestling. He enjoyed the fastest rise of anyone in the history of the sport--going from professional debut to champion in just 24 tournaments. Then, at ...

TOKYO — Mongolian sumo wrestler Takanoiwa has decided to retire after assaulting a younger wrestler during the ongoing regional tour in the latest blow to. July 10, 2022. News.