(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus. But the 330-lbs Mongolian, sumo's most successful ever grand champion, has not been able to rise above the scandals and ...

In the victory ceremony, the 24-year-old Mongolian said he was ... to reclaim his role as the alpha male of sumo. With the addition of Hoshoryu, three wrestlers will be competing at the second ...

The two wrestlers each had 12 wins and ... to be held without a yokozuna and an ozeki, sumo’s two highest ranks. Kiribayama is the ninth Mongolian-born champion, following Asashoryu with 25 ...

Sumo's lone Yokozuna ... The two other Ozeki, Kirishima and Hoshoryu are both from Mongolia. Fans were also expecting them to throw their weight around in the absence of Yokozuna Terunofuji.

Fellow Mongolian and former sekiwake Kyokutenho ... rather than being required to relinquish their nationality. A former sumo wrestler from overseas also questioned the soundness of the Japanese ...

New komusubi Onosato took a giant stride toward his first championship on Saturday, seizing the sole lead with a day to go at ...

Sumo wrestlers are known as rikishi in Japanese ... The sport's current grand champion, or yokozuna, is Mongolian-born Terunofuji Haruo, seen here receiving the Emperor's Cup after winning ...

Ozeki Kotozakura and new komusubi Onosato head into the final weekend of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in a two-way tie ...

Nakizumo is an annual contest to make babies cry at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo. Two amateur sumo wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry. The winner ...

In a small remote town in Mongolian countryside ... in wrestling decides to train his friendless grandson to become a sumo wrestler. Advertisement ...

Musk posted a photo of a fight he once had with a sumo wrestler in March 2022. He did not specify when the fight took place.