LONDON : Only once in the sport's 1,500-year history has a five-day Grand Sumo Tournament or "basho" been held outside Japan - and next year, London's Royal Albert Hall will repeat its feat of 1991.

In Rapunzel, TheatreWorx’s latest seasonal offering, three villains are determined to spoil our happy ending. There’s the evil witch Gothel (Rua Barron), who kidnapped the eponymous princess ...

Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament winner Kotozakura said Monday he plans to seize the opportunity for yokozuna promotion in the wake of his maiden Emperor's Cup. The 27-year-old from Chiba Prefecture was ...

IT'S rock 'n' roll panto time - a genre that the Everyman Theatre specialise in. Indeed, it's always a much- anticipated show on their creative calendar. An entertainment aimed at all ages and ...

Kotozakura won an all-ozeki battle with Hoshoryu in an all-or-nothing clash for the championship of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday at Fukuoka Kokusai Center. “I was able to focus on ...

Kotozakura outwrestled fellow ozeki Hoshoryu in the winner-take-all closing bout Sunday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament to claim his maiden top-division championship with a 14-1 record. The ...

Ozeki Kotozakura receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 24, 2024.

And this led them to one of the rarest and unexpected possibilities: Rapunzel syndrome. Based on the girl's presentation, doctors suspected that a bezoar had formed in her stomach, growing over ...

Former yokozuna Kitanofuji, who was popular in recent years for his witty comments during live sumo tournament broadcasts, died on Nov. 12. He was 82. A native of the town of Bihoro in Hokkaido ...