STORY: Japan's top-ranking sumo wrestler Hakuho tested positive for COVID-19, the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) announced on Tuesday (January 5). Mongolian-born Hakuho, who is the longest-serving ...

Mongolian-born grand champion Hakuho throws Georgian Tochinoshin to extend his winning streak to 63 at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 15, 2010. Hakuho is ...

Hakuho, a sumo wrestling legend in Japan, is retiring at 36. His resume includes a record 45 tournaments win, a record 16 perfect victories and an all-time sumo record 1,187 wins. Hakuho is a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the governing ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sumo great Hakuho is retiring at the age of 36, marking the end of an era in Japanese traditional sport. The Mongolian-born Yokozuna, or grand champion, Hakuho has won a record 45 ...