A Ukrainian who fled his homeland following Russia's full-scale invasion has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan. Danilo Yavhushyshyn, who now competes ...

Sumo, the traditional Japanese sport, which historians say dates back some 2,000 years, is flourishing in Bulgaria nowadays. A diminutive poet with a love of Japanese culture was the unlikely catalyst ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

Less than four years after fleeing the 2022 Russian invasion and landing in Japan, Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn stands poised to become the first-ever European-born wrestler to be named ...

SUMO wrestling, Japan’s centuries‑old sport of thunderous collisions and ritual pageantry, is enjoying an unlikely boom far beyond its homeland. Once seen ...

A Ukrainian refugee has become the first person from his country to win an elite-level sumo tournament. Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in Japan as an 18-year-old ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan's national sport. In an elaborate ceremony on Wednesday, he was promoted by the Japan ...

Katrina Watts stumbled across the ancient sport while living in Japan, and became known for photographing competitors and ...