Sumo wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to London

Sumo wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to London as the sport has an international moment
London’s Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual “Rule Britannia” singalong, is preparing to host a different kind of spectacle: Sumo wrestling. Camera shutters clicked furiously and reporters “ahhhed” in delight Wednesday as wrestlers Daisuke Kitanowaka and Akira Fukutsuumi demonstrated a sideways stamp and put on an exhibition of heavyweight grappling to promote a tournament scheduled for next October.
Elite Sumo Wrestlers Will Compete in London, a Rarity Outside Japan
A five-day event in October will be the Japan Sumo Association’s first competition in Britain in more than three decades.
London to host historic sumo wrestling event… 34 years after it first welcomed epic sport to UK
LONDON is set to play host to a stunning sumo wrestling event. The 153-year-old Royal Albert Hall will host just the second ever Grand Sumo Tournament to take place outside of Japan. The only
London to stage second professional Sumo event outside of Japan next October
Forty of Japan’s top wrestlers are expected to travel to London to compete across five days from October 15th-19th
London to stage second ever professional Sumo event outside of Japan
London to stage second ever professional Sumo event outside of Japan - The last London event was sold-out and broadcast nationally in the UK

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Sumo Grand Tournament back in London after 34 years
It will be the second time the Grand Sumo Tournament has been held outside Japan - and at the Royal Albert Hall.
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