4 h. ago London hosts major sumo wrestling tournament, second ever outside of Japan

London hosts major sumo wrestling tournament, second ever outside of Japan  CBS News

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11 h. ago Sumo Wrestling: Follow reaction as Yokozuna Hoshoryu wins the Grand Sumo Tournament in London

Sumo Wrestling: Follow reaction as Yokozuna Hoshoryu wins the Grand Sumo Tournament in London  BBC

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12 h. ago Sumo Wrestling LIVE: Watch Day 5 of Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London

Sumo Wrestling LIVE: Watch Day 5 of Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London  BBC

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53 h. ago ‘Not a pretty sight’ – Referee forced to intervene after awkward wardrobe malfunction at Grand Sumo Tournament in London

A REFEREE was forced to intervene after a sumo suffered an awkward wardrobe malfunction. The wrestler was competing in the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Ura Kazuki, 33, was taking on rival Shonannoumi Momotaro in the bout 9 clash. Midway thought the fight, the referee had to pause in order...

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53 h. ago Forty sumo wrestlers weighing six tonnes snacked on 1,500lbs of rice and 400 bottles of soy sauce. No wonder the Royal Albert Hall had to reinforce the loos...

As the Grand Sumo Tournament is held at Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, we reveal all about these Japanese wrestling superstars, and the secrets of hosting such a large tournament.

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59 h. ago Wacky diets of sports stars who put sumos to shame with plates of cow hearts and chicken feet

Sumo wrestlers have descended on the UK for a tournament – and London’s restaurant owners are quaking in their boots. But compared to some sports stars, their diets look pretty normal

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3 d. ago Sumo mania grips London as wrestlers blitz restaurant and noodles 'run out'

Top sumo wrestlers from Japan are in London for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall. They've been busy sightseeing and devouring huge meals in restaurants

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3 d. ago Sumo Wrestlers Enjoy London Sights Ahead of Royal Albert Hall Tournament

Sumo Wrestlers Enjoy London Sights Ahead of Royal Albert Hall Tournament  Tokyo Weekender

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4 d. ago Sumo wrestlers spotted sightseeing ahead of London tournament

Sumo wrestlers spotted sightseeing ahead of London tournament  The Independent

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4 d. ago Sumo wrestlers spotted sightseeing in London ahead of professional tournament

Wrestlers posed for pictures in front of the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace.

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4 d. ago More rice, bigger chairs and reinforced toilets: sumo wrestling comes to London | Andy Bull

Royal Albert Hall to host Grand Sumo Tournament marking only the second time a full competition is held overseasThey play Major League Baseball at the Olympic Stadium, Tottenham’s ground is a second home for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association is staging a game at the 02 Arena next year, and South Africa just beat New Zealand in a rugby Test at Twickenham, but it’s been a long time since London has hosted anything on the scale of the Grand Sumo Tournament taking place at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Forty wrestlers have flown over from Japan to compete in it. That’s around six tons of elite athlete to be fed, watered, transported and supported.“We’ve actually had to source and buy new chairs which can take up to 200kg in weight,” says Matthew Todd, the Royal Albert Hall’s harassed director of programming. “Our usual standard is only 100kg.” They’ve also had to reinforce the toilets. “It’s the ones that are screwed into the wall which are the most ch...

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4 d. ago More rice, bigger chairs and reinforced toilets: sumo wrestling comes to London

Royal Albert Hall to host Grand Sumo Tournament marking only the second time a full competition is held overseasThey play Major League Baseball at the Olympic Stadium, Tottenham’s ground is a second home for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association is staging a game at the 02 Arena next year, and South Africa just beat New Zealand in a rugby Test at Twickenham, but it’s been a long time since London has hosted anything on the scale of the Grand Sumo Tournament taking place at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Forty wrestlers have flown over from Japan to compete in it. That’s around six tons of elite athlete to be fed, watered, transported and supported.“We’ve actually had to source and buy new chairs which can take up to 200kg in weight,” says Matthew Todd, the Royal Albert Hall’s harassed director of programming. “Our usual standard is only 100kg.” They’ve also had to reinforce the toilets. “It’s the ones that are screwed into the wall which are the most ch...

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5 d. ago Sumo Wrestling LIVE: Watch Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London

Sumo Wrestling LIVE: Watch Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London  BBC

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5 d. ago Sumo and the city: Why Londoners are falling for the ancient sport

Forty years since the British Sumo Association was founded, the ancient Japanese sport is finding new enthusiasts in the UK. Could it become gigantic, asks Kyle MacNeill

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6 d. ago Sumo wrestling fans warned 'you might get squashed' as grand tournament returns to Royal Albert Hall

More than 40 Japanese sumo wrestlers will take part in the five-day event in west London this week

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