A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where ...

As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality ...

Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo ...

A Ukrainian who fled his homeland following Russia's full-scale invasion has become the first from his country to win an ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport ...

Aonishiki Arata, 21, left Ukraine just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of his country and has risen very quickly ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn became the first-ever sumo champion in Japan on Sunday, November 23, 2025.A ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship. Even more impressive: he defeated Hoshoryu on Sunday in the deciding match ...

The iconic venue in the British capital is hosting the Grand Sumo Tournament — the roughly 1,500-year-old sport's most important competition — for the second time, drawing more than 44 professional ...

TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...