His promotion meant sumo avoided having no yokozuna for the first time in over 30 years, after Terunofuji announced his retirement ... two other wrestlers for the "ring-entering" ceremony.

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday ... announced his retirement earlier this month. His appointment has avoided the sport having ...

If retiring yokozuna Hakuho, considered the greatest sumo wrestler of all ... for all other lower-ranking wrestlers. The JSA directors approved Hakuho’s retirement and his taking the ...

During my tenure as a sumo reporter ... as a wrestler in 2005. During a ceremony involving the ritual cutting of his topknot in May 2006, the former Kotonowaka wrestled his retirement match ...