Ukrainian refugee Danylo Yavhusishyn became Japan’s first sumo champion from Ukraine after a historic Kyushu tournament win.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn said Monday that he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his ...

Ukraine-born wrestler Aonishiki Arata is the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan.

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

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

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

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

Sumo wrestler Aonishiki became the first wrestler from Ukraine to win a Grand Sumo tournament, also clinching promotion to ...

There are many rules that govern sumo wrestling, the Japanese sport that operates on the principle of pushing another man down or out of a circular clay ring. But what epitomises wrestlers, in Japan ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KATV) — The coaches for the six sumo champions competing Friday in Hot Springs have been named, and they're some of Arkansas's finest. Arkansas's first sanctioned sumo wrestling ...

The Grand Sumo Tournament winner was greeted with a trophy worth lifting as they were handed an extra large bottle of soy sauce. London bid farewell to Japan’s finest sumo wrestlers on Sunday at the ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...