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
The news made a splash in Japan, where sumo wrestling is largely viewed as the national sport.
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
No matter how the data are sliced, they inevitably suggest one thing: it is hard to argue that sumo wrestling isn’t rigged.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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