Ultimately, Kazushi Sakuraba destroyed his perfect record by picking up a TKO win in the longest MMA fight of all time. Royce ...

Akebono's vaunted strength and his behavior at the top of the world of sumo made even the most seasoned ... leaving no grand champion in the sport. It was the same time when Takanohana was ...

In the six decades since Hawaiian Takamiyama embarked on a trailblazing journey in Japan’s national sport, only two foreign ...

Top yokozuna, or grand champion, sumo wrestler Terunofuji takes part in traditional ... If he fails, sumo would have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993, when Hawaiian-born Akebono made ...

I guess the fans feel they need traditional yokozuna dohyo-iri, but I find sumo exciting enough ... WAY ahead of Terunofuji! Akebono was not and is not considered a "dai yokozuna" neither is ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sumo grand champion Terunofuji ... when Hawaiian-born Akebono debuted as a yokozuna. A foreign-born wrestler has continuously held the yokozuna rank since then, but that streak ...

If he fails, sumo will have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993, when Hawaiian-born Akebono made his debut at the rank. Terunofuji has been sumo's lone yokozuna since the September ...

(Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Terunofuji's retirement on Friday left sumo with no active grand champion for the ... occupied the exalted rank. Akebono was the first of seven ...

He has four wins and one loss after the opening five days. If he fails, sumo will have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993, when Hawaiian-born Akebono made his debut at the rank.

If he fails, sumo will have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993, when Hawaiian-born Akebono made his debut at the rank. "When I first became a yokozuna, I didn't think I would be able ...