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Aoiyama (l) finished the November tournament with 10 wins and 5 losses. Photo from sumoforum.net
Bulgarian sumo wrestler Daniel Ivanov, aka Aoiyama, finished the Kyushu tournament with a prestigious 10-5 record.
On the final day, Aoiyama defeated Okinoumi, who is ranked 6 places above him. With his 10 wins, the Bulgarian secured himself a higher ranking for the following January tournament in Tokyo.
The other Bulgarian, Kaloyan Mahlyanov, aka Kotooshu, pulled out in the first week of the tournament with a shoulder injury. This means he will lose his ozeki rank and be demoted to sekiwake.
Yokozuna Harumafuji took the title after beating fellow Mongolian grand champion Hakuho in the final match.
A harrowing incident unfolded at Tokyo's Haneda Airport as a Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway following a reported collision, as per NHK's broadcast
Japan on Tuesday urged residents to evacuate to shelters after North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile that flew over Tokyo
Powerful typhoon Nanmadol approaching southwestern Japan is disrupting transportation services across wide areas of the country
The number of people injured in the earthquake that struck Japan’s capital Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday has risen to 52, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.
The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed medical system.
Although not without its problems, most notably the absence of fans from venues in the Japanese capital, coronavirus has been a merciful sideshow to displays of sporting greatness.
Twenty-year-old Tervel Zamfirov delivered a moment of pure sporting drama for Bulgaria by winning a bronze medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Milano–Cortina, marking the country’s first Winter Olympics medal in two decades
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Bulgaria’s participation in the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina 2026 gets underway on Sunday, February 8, with the qualification rounds in the parallel giant slalom in alpine snowboarding
Bulgarian President Iliana Yotova appeared in Milan alongside US Vice President JD Vance and International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry in a group photograph of attending heads of state
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