sumo wrestling

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He started sumo wrestling, too, and as a preteen was mesmerized by a YouTube clip he saw of a famous match between sumo legends Takanohana and Asashoryu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Hidetora Hanada showed off some flexibility-testing poses straight out of a sumo wrestling handbook, including deep squats that had some players grimacing.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Baseball was the big thing, but football was also behind rugby and all sorts of their own sports, like sumo wrestling, in terms of popularity.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Sotogake is an outside leg trip in sumo wrestling.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2023

Let’s imagine for a moment that sumo wrestling is rigged.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt