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 ...

A Ukrainian-born grappler is on the cusp of making history in Japan’s national sport of sumo, as he trains intensely for a shot at its highest honour. Aonishiki, whose sumo name translates to "blue ...

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 The swish of feet on clay and sand has a soothing, ...

TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Ukraine-born grappler who has taken the sumo world by storm is now in deep training for a historic run at the highest prize in Japan's national sport. Aonishiki, whose ...

COCONUT GROVE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Japanese tradition has made its way to South Florida. Sumo wrestling is Japan’s oldest and most popular sport, dating back 1,500 years. It is both spiritually and ...

Less than four years after fleeing the 2022 Russian invasion and landing in Japan, Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn stands poised to become the first-ever European-born wrestler to be named ...

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. The 21-year-old, who fled the war in ...

The decisive day of the Hatsu Basho tournament has taken place in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena on 25 January. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New ozeki Aonishiki won back-to-back championships Sunday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating fourth-ranked maegashira Atamifuji in a tie-breaking playoff. The ...

On the dohyo, the sacred mound of straw, sand, and clay where sumo wrestlers ply their trade, the most unlikely star in the sport goes by Aonishiki.

You’re gonna want sumo this. Two Big Apple-bred sumo wrestlers will take part in the sport’s world championships held in the suburbs for the first time — and each of them said their love lives have ...

Expectations for a titanic three-way battle to decide the destination of the Emperor’s Cup later this month were suddenly tempered on Jan. 8. Sumo fans woke up to headlines proclaiming dark clouds ...