Like so many fathers and sons before them, Georgi Zilkin and Nicholas Tarasenko had an earnest conversation a while ago about what Nicholas was planning to do with his life. “He said, ‘Well, I want to ...
Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, grew up in Mongolia, where both his elder brothers and father were ...
A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...
ROSS MIHARA: Fast start. Hakuho has the yokozuna in trouble, but he bends a knee. DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or ...
Have you ever wondered what makes sumo wrestlers so powerful? The answer lies in exercise, a balanced diet, and 10,000 ...