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 ...

(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus ... attaining the highest position of Grand Champion, or yokozuna, in January 2003, becoming only the 68th yokozuna ...

If retiring yokozuna Hakuho, considered the greatest sumo wrestler of all time, wants to remain in the sport and become a stablemaster, he's been told that he needs to clean up his act. The Japan ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's highest rank. Mongolian ...

Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan ... Hoshoryu came to Japan to study wrestling at Nippon Sport Science University Kahiwa ...

That was the last word many of WWE’s top Superstars heard when they faced the imposing Yokozuna. Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler squashed legends ...

The biggest question entering the New Year's Tournament was whether sumo ... against Yokozuna Terunofuji. His simple answer was “I'll be ready this time.” The other wrestler I had my eye ...

He was 54. On Thursday, April 11, the family of the wrestler, who was the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna" (grand champion in Japanese) in the sport, announced in a ...

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato is aiming for the sport's top spot of yokozuna -- or grand champion -- after clinching the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Onosato won his first title since earning ...