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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Family photo during the presentation of the Gold Medal for sporting merit to former basketball player Pau Gasol, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Former basketball player Pau Gasol, receives the Gold Medal for sporting merit, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni (left), during the presentation of the Gold Medal for sporting merit to former basketball player Pau Gasol, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni (left), during the presentation of the Gold Medal for sporting merit to former basketball player Pau Gasol, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Former basketball player Pau Gasol (right), receives the Gold Medal for sporting merit, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Collboni Presents the Gold Medal for Sporting Merit to Pau Gasol - Barcelona

Former basketball player Pau Gasol (right), receives the Gold Medal for sporting merit, on May 27, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Pau Gasol is considered the best basketball player in the history of Spain, with a career spanning 18 seasons in the NBA where he won two rings with the Los Angeles Lakers and was a six-time All-Star. With the Spanish national team, he won 11 international medals, including the 2006 world gold medal and three European golds, in addition to being MVP in several tournaments. He also shined at FC Barcelona, where he won three ACB Leagues and two Copa del Rey, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yokozuna Hakuho in 'mochi' making event

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho pounds rice during a traditional "mochi" rice cake making event at Miyagino Stable in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2014. He won five of the six tournaments in the year to extend his overall tourney titles to 32, equaling the late grand champion Taiho's all-time record.

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Hakuho celebrates Kyushu tourney win

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia poses for photographers during a press conference at a hotel in Fukuoka on Nov. 29, 2010. The yokozuna took the title in five of the six sumo tournaments of the year.

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu is jubilant during a TV interview after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25. Asashoryu outmuscled fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho in a dramatic championship playoff to win the 15-day tourney. Asashoryu endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow.

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) forces fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho out of the ring during a championship playoff at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25, winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup. Asashoryu made a dramatic comeback after enduring an injury-plagued six months and missing part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow.

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (R) is jubilant after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25. Asashoryu outmuscled fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (L) in a dramatic championship playoff to win the 15-day tourney. Asashoryu endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow.

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Asashoryu zeros in on New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) blasts out ozeki Kaio to zero in on the Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan 24, remaining unbeaten before the final day of the 15-day tourney. Victory on Sunday would mark a dramatic turn around in fortune for the yokozuna, who has endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with a gammy left elbow.

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Asashoryu off to flyer

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (L), who won five out of six tournaments in 2004, gets off to a flyer with a revenge victory over countryman Hakuho on the opening day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 9.

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Musashimaru triumphs on 1st day at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (background) pushes komusubi Takamisakari out of the ring on the opening day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 9. The Hawaiian grand champion made his way back to the sacred dohyo after missing all or part of the last six tournaments.

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Do-or-die for Musashimaru at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru practices at his stable in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 7 in preparation for the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening on Nov. 9. After missing all or most of the last six tournaments due to a chronic wrist injury, the 32-year-old Samoan-born grand champion could need a miracle to regain the power he once wielded.

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Yokozuna Musashimaru to appear in Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru said in Fukuoka on Oct. 28 that he will appear in the Kyushu sumo tournament starting Nov. 9. The wrestler has missed all or part of six of the last tournaments due to injury.

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Takanohana focus of attention in sumo's Nagoya tourney

HANDA, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana is surrounded by reporters in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, on June 24 after the Japan Sumo Association released the rankings for next month's Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Takanohana, who has missed the last six tournaments because of knee trouble, is also a question mark for Nagoya.

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Asashoryu off to flyer

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (L), who won five out of six tournaments in 2004, gets off to a flyer with a revenge victory over countryman Hakuho on the opening day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 9. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu zeros in on New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) blasts out ozeki Kaio to zero in on the Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan 24, remaining unbeaten before the final day of the 15-day tourney. Victory on Sunday would mark a dramatic turn around in fortune for the yokozuna, who has endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with a gammy left elbow. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu is jubilant after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25. Asashoryu outmuscled fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho in a dramatic championship playoff to win the 15-day tourney. Asashoryu endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu is jubilant during a TV interview after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25. Asashoryu outmuscled fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho in a dramatic championship playoff to win the 15-day tourney. Asashoryu endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L) forces fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho out of the ring during a championship playoff at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25, winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup. Asashoryu made a dramatic comeback after enduring an injury-plagued six months and missing part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu completes memorable comeback to win New Year title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (R) is jubilant after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 25. Asashoryu outmuscled fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (L) in a dramatic championship playoff to win the 15-day tourney. Asashoryu endured an injury-plagued six months and missed part or all of the previous three tournaments with an injured left elbow. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Kakuryu's press conference on retirement

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kakuryu holds an online press conference on March 25, 2021, to talk about his decision to retire, as seen in this screenshot image. Kakuryu earned promotion to yokozuna in 2014 and won six tournaments in his career.

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Hakuho celebrates Kyushu tourney win

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia poses for photographers during a press conference at a hotel in Fukuoka on Nov. 29, 2010. The yokozuna took the title in five of the six sumo tournaments of the year. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Hakuho in 'mochi' making event

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho pounds rice during a traditional "mochi" rice cake making event at Miyagino Stable in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2014. He won five of the six tournaments in the year to extend his overall tourney titles to 32, equaling the late grand champion Taiho's all-time record. (Kyodo)

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Musashimaru triumphs on 1st day at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (background) pushes komusubi Takamisakari out of the ring on the opening day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 9. The Hawaiian grand champion made his way back to the sacred dohyo after missing all or part of the last six tournaments. (Kyodo)

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Do-or-die for Musashimaru at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru practices at his stable in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 7 in preparation for the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening on Nov. 9. After missing all or most of the last six tournaments due to a chronic wrist injury, the 32-year-old Samoan-born grand champion could need a miracle to regain the power he once wielded. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Musashimaru to appear in Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru said in Fukuoka on Oct. 28 that he will appear in the Kyushu sumo tournament starting Nov. 9. The wrestler has missed all or part of six of the last tournaments due to injury. (Kyodo)

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Takanohana focus of attention in sumo's Nagoya tourney

HANDA, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana is surrounded by reporters in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, on June 24 after the Japan Sumo Association released the rankings for next month's Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Takanohana, who has missed the last six tournaments because of knee trouble, is also a question mark for Nagoya.

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Wakanohana getting ready for spring sumo tourney

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Wakanohana digs in against an opponent at the Futagoyama stable's camp in Osaka Prefecture on March 9 as he prepares to return to the ring for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament after a six-month layoff. The 29-year-old grand champion injured his left thigh last September and has since missed the Kyushu and New Year tournaments.