What is Sumo and why is London hosting a tournament?

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains what sumo wrestling is, why they eat up to 10,000 calories a day and why the Grand Sumo Tournament is in London.

Grand Sumo Tournament comes to London for the second time outside Japan in the sport's 1,500-year history

The Grand Sumo Tournament is rumbling London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in a rare foreign foray for Japan's centuries-old ...

Grand Sumo event makes sensational return to London

Sumo wrestling returns to London for the first time in over three decades, with a five-day Grand Tournament at the Royal ...

The Grand Sumo Tournament is a big deal – here's what it's like to see it live

The Grand Sumo Tournament is a big deal – here's what it's like to see it live - In London for the first time in 35 years, ...

Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have a much older role shaping ideas about the country

In the mid-19th century, Japan was relatively isolated from the Western world. Most Americans knew almost nothing about the ...

Ritual, wrestling and Reddit: Grand Sumo meets internet fandom in London

Welcome, then, to the Grand Sumo Tournament - a five-day event at the Royal Albert Hall featuring 40 of the very best sumo ...
The Economist

How sumo wrestling became a hit in Britain

Yet when it does, Britain holds a peculiar appeal. This was only the second five-day sumo tournament ever held abroad; the ...

Sumo 'surging' in South Yorkshire, says champion

Britain's reigning sumo champion has said the Japanese sport is "surging" across the UK as the Grand Sumo Tournament comes to ...