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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-XILIN GOL-NAADAM FESTIVAL (CN)

(240714) -- XILIN GOL, July 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 14, 2024 shows wrestlers of traditional Mongolian style during the opening ceremony of the 34th Naadam festival in Xilin Gol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Naadam festival kicked off here on Sunday. Naadam, usually held in mid-summer and sometimes in winter in pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia, means "games" in the Mongolian language. It often comprises wrestling, archery, and horse racing, also known as the "Three Games of Men." Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lian Zhen)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-XILIN GOL-NAADAM FESTIVAL (CN)

(240714) -- XILIN GOL, July 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wrestlers of traditional Mongolian style perform during the opening ceremony of the 34th Naadam festival in Xilin Gol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 14, 2024. The Naadam festival kicked off here on Sunday. Naadam, usually held in mid-summer and sometimes in winter in pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia, means "games" in the Mongolian language. It often comprises wrestling, archery, and horse racing, also known as the "Three Games of Men." Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-XILIN GOL-NAADAM FESTIVAL (CN)

(240714) -- XILIN GOL, July 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wrestlers of traditional Mongolian style perform during the opening ceremony of the 34th Naadam festival in Xilin Gol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 14, 2024. The Naadam festival kicked off here on Sunday. Naadam, usually held in mid-summer and sometimes in winter in pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia, means "games" in the Mongolian language. It often comprises wrestling, archery, and horse racing, also known as the "Three Games of Men." Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Zhipeng)

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MONGOLIA-ULAN BATOR-NOMADIC CULTURE-FESTIVAL

(230820) -- ULAN BATOR, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wrestlers attend a competition at a cultural festival in the Nalaikh District of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Aug. 19, 2023. A cultural festival to promote Mongolia's nomadic intangible culture and the development of the tourism sector kicked off here on Friday. According to the country's Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the three-day festival held in the Nalaikh District of Ulan Bator aims to honor and celebrate the legacy of nomadic culture and attract more domestic and foreign tourists. More than 1,000 bearers of intangible cultural heritage and nomadic individuals from all 21 provinces of Mongolia are participating in the festival titled "Nomads." Various activities include folk music and dance concerts, a photo exhibition featuring the nomadic lifestyle and beautiful landscape of the country and a fair of traditional handicrafts. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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Sumo wrestlers entertain fans on 3-day cruise

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (extreme L) and three other professional wrestlers salute on the deck of the luxury liner Asuka II on Dec. 10, 2014, on the first day of a three-day cruise from Yokohama southwest of Tokyo during which they will entertain about 750 fans with talk shows and other performances. Cruise tickets cost from 115,000 yen to 520,000 yen each, including admission to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in January 2015.

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Yokozuna Hakuho chills out on cruise to entertain fans

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho relaxes on the poolside aboard the luxury liner Asuka II on Dec. 10, 2014, on the first day of a three-day cruise from Yokohama southwest of Tokyo during which the sumo champion and three fellow professional wrestlers will entertain about 750 fans with talk shows and other performances. Cruise tickets cost from 115,000 yen to 520,000 yen each, including admission to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in January 2015.

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Teen wrestler said to have been denied food before death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito (C) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8 a day after former sumo stable master Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers were arrested over the death of Saito's son Takashi, a 17-year-old wrestler known as Tokitaizan.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers from the stable for their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze bows in apology during a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested his predecessor, the former stablemaster Tokitsukaze, and three senior wrestlers from the stable over their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Pool photo)

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers pose with junior high-school students of tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" ring to the northeastern Japanese city on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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'Dohyo' sumo ring donated to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three and a half years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Female wrestlers fight in Mongolia's Naadam sport festival

BEIJING, China - Women wrestlers fight on the last day of Mongolia's three-day traditional Naadam sports festival in Xilinhot in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on July 30, 2014.

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Yokozuna wrestlers wish children healthy growth

TOKYO, Japan - Professional sumo's three highest-ranked wrestlers, yokozunas Kakuryu (L), Hakuho (C) and Harumafuji, hold babies and toddlers at an event wishing them healthy growth in the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on April 29, 2014.

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Kakuryu drops Hakuho

OSAKA, Japan - Sekiwake Kakuryu (L) pushes yokozuna Hakuho out of the ring on March 19, 2012, the ninth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka. Hakuho is tied at 8-1 with three other wrestlers including Kakuryu.

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Sumo stablemaster suspected of assaulting wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Kasugano leaves his stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Oct. 19, 2011, to attend a Japan Sumo Association board meeting. Kasugano, who was known as Tochinowaka during his wrestling days, is being investigated over alleged physical abuse of three of his wrestlers, police sources said the previous day.

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Sumo stablemaster suspected of assaulting wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows sumo stablemaster Kasugano, who was known as Tochinowaka during his wrestling days. Kasugano is being investigated over alleged physical abuse of three of his wrestlers, police sources said on Oct. 18, 2011. His stable is located in the Ryogoku district in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, gets into a car outside the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, leaves the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Wrestlers bid farewell to original Wakanohana

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers line up to see off the hearse carrying the original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association chairman, on Sept. 4, 2010, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium. Wakanohana, the first of three prominent wrestlers to carry the name, died of kidney cancer on Sept. 1 at the age of 82.

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Wrestlers bid farewell to original Wakanohana

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers line up to see off the hearse carrying the original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion and Japan Sumo Association chairman, on Sept. 4, 2010, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium. Wakanohana, the first of three prominent wrestlers to carry the name, died of kidney cancer on Sept. 1 at the age of 82.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Hakuho unblemished at sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (in back) drives out fellow Mongolian Kyokutenho at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 17, 2010, sharing the lead with sekiwake Baruto, ozeki Harumafuji and three other wrestlers.

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Baruto throws down Kyokutenho at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian sekiwake Baruto sends down fifth-ranked maegashira Kyokutenho with a pulling overarm throw for his 12th win on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 24, 2010, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Baruto earned the Outstanding Performance Prize, one of three special prizes the Japan Sumo Association gives to makuuchi division wrestlers on the final day of a tournament.

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Recipients of three special prizes at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Recipients of three special prizes the Japan Sumo Association gives to makuuchi division wrestlers on the final day of a tournament show off their trophies for the prizes on Jan. 24, 2010. (From L to R) No. 16 maegashira Toyohibiki, who earned his third Fighting Spirit Prize, Estonian sekiwake Baruto, the Outstanding Performance Prize winner, and Aminishiki, the sixth-ranked maegashira who won the Technique Prize.

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Hakuho falls to 1st defeat at autumn sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) is slapped down onto the ring by rank-and-filer Shotenro, who handed a shock first defeat to the Mongolian yokozuna, on the sixth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 18, 2009. The defeat dented Hakuho's hopes of a second consecutive title as there are currently three wrestlers with spotless 6-0 records.

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Sumo referee falls off ring during match in rare accident

TOKYO, Japan - Three separate photos show a rare accident in which a sumo ''gyoji'' referee fell off the ''dohyo'' ring during a match at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19. (Top) Referee Waichiro Kimura falls off the ring during a match between rank-and-filers Hokutoriki and Tosanoumi after tripping over Hokutoriki's leg when the referee was trying to take a close look at the wrestlers' moves. (Center) Kimura (R) rushes into the ring again while the two wrestlers continue to fight. (Bottom) The referee judges the contest safely as Hokutoriki (L) sends Tosanoumi out of the ring.

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3 wrestlers get suspended terms for fatal hazing of teen stablemate

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito answers questions from reporters outside the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 18 after the local court sentenced three sumo wrestlers, who were stablemates of his son, Takashi, also a sumo wrestler, to two-and-a-half to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for fatally hazing the 17-year-old last year in Aichi Prefecture.

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Wrestlers admit to hazing, causing teen wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito, father of Takashi Saito who died from hazing at the Tokitsukaze stable, enters the Nagoya District Court on Oct. 7 for the first session of a trial over his death. Three sumo wrestlers at the stable admitted to hazing the 17-year-old stablemate who later died from a multiple-trauma shock in June last year.

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New JSA chief apologizes at outset of autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by sumo wresters, Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa apologies to fans from the sumo ring at the outset of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 14. Musashigawa promised a strict new regimen for wrestlers in the wake of alleged drug use involving three Russian wrestlers.

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Sumo stables searched after wrestlers fail marijuana tests

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Hakurozan speaks to reporters in front of the Kitanoumi stable in Tokyo headed by Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi to which he belongs on Sept. 3. Police searched three locations Sept. 2 through Sept. 3 after he and his brother wrestler Roho tested positive for marijuana in the wake of the arrest of another Russian grappler on suspicion of possessing the drug.

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Asashoryu, Kotooshu, Kaio visit Genghis Khan monument

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - (From L to R) Japanese ozeki Kaio, Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu and Mongolian sumo grand champion Asashoryu wave to well-wishers after visiting the Genghis Khan monument (background) in Ulan Bator on Aug. 26. The three wrestlers are part of a Japan Sumo Association delegation which will stage a two-day exhibition tournament in Ulan Bator on Aug. 27 and 28.

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Asashoryu, Kotooshu, Kaio meet with Mongolian president

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian sumo grand champion Asashoryu (3rd L), Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (2nd L) and Japanese ozeki Kaio present a calligraphy artwork to Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar(R) after a meeting with the Mongolian leader at the presidential palace in Ulan Bator on Aug. 26. The three wrestlers are part of a Japan Sumo Association delegation to hold a two-day exhibition tournament in Ulan Bator on Aug. 27 and 28.

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JSA suspends 3 wrestlers indicted over death of junior wrestler

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 6 after the end of an extraordinary meeting of JSA executives. The JSA decided to suspend from competition three wrestlers indicted for the assault and subsequent death of a 17-year-old junior wrestler last June.

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JSA suspends 3 wrestlers indicted over death of junior wrestler

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi (R) speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 6 after the end of an extraordinary meeting of JSA executives. The JSA decided to suspend from competition three wrestlers indicted for the assault and subsequent death of a 17-year-old junior wrestler last June. At left is stablemaster Tokitsukaze, whose predecessor allegedly instructed the wrestlers to beat Takashi Saito.

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Hakuho dumps Kisenosato to stay hot in pursuit at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho dumps Kisenosato outside the ring at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 14 to stay hot on the heels of three leaders after the fourth day of action. Hakuho improved to 3-1 to stay one behind undefeated wrestlers ozeki Chiyotaikai, former sekiwake Wakanosato and makuuchi returnee Baruto of Estonia.

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Hakuho gets 4th win, remained tied for lead at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Hakuho (L) topples top-ranked maegashira Kisenosato with a powerful left-arm throw, maintaining a share of the lead with three other unbeaten wrestlers at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on May 10.

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Hakuho gets 4th win, remained tied for lead at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Hakuho (L) topples top-ranked maegashira Kisenosato with a powerful left-arm throw, maintaining a share of the lead with three other unbeaten wrestlers at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on May 10.

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Japanese sumo wreslers in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia performs a ritual in the sumo ring in Las Vegas on Oct. 6 ahead of the sumo wrestlers' three-day exhibition matches starting Oct. 7.

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Japanese sumo wreslers in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Japanese sumo wrestler Tamanoshima practices with a reporter in Las Vegas during a press preview on Oct. 6 ahead of the sumo wrestlers' three-day exhibition matches starting Oct. 7.

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Sumo in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia arrives in Las Vegas on Oct. 4. Japanese sumo wrestlers will stage a three-day performance in Las Vegas from Oct. 7.

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Musoyama marches on

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Musoyama (R) produces a no-nonsense win over veteran maegashira Takanonami as the leading pack of wrestlers narrowed down to three at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 15.

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Sekiwake Kotomitsuki remains perfect in New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Kotomitsuki (L) helps komusubi Wakanosato rise after crushing him out of the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18, day six of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Kotomitsuki is among three unbeaten wrestlers.

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Kaio is all smiles after Nagoya tourney victory

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio is all smiles after beating yokozuna Musashimaru with a right-arm throw to win the Emperor's Cup at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 21, the 14th day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. In the day's final bout, Kaio downed Musashimaru to secure his third career title. Kaio notched an unbeatable 13-1 record over three wrestlers -- Musashimaru, ozeki Chiyotaikai and No.5 maegashira Tamanoshima -- who were 11-3 with only one day left.

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Kaio downs Musashimaru to secure 3rd Emperor's Cup

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (R) beats yokozuna Musashimaru (L) with a strong right-arm throw to win the Emperor's Cup on July 21, the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. In the day's final bout between the two leading wrestlers at the 15-day tourney, Kaio dumped the Samoan-born grand champion at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium to secure his first Cup since the spring meet in March and his third career title. Kaio notched an unbeatable 13-1 record over three wrestlers -- Musashimaru, ozeki Chiyotaikai and No.7 maegashira Tamanoshima -- who were 11-3 with only one day left.

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Dejima knocks Takanohana out of the ring

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Dejima (L) shoves yokozuna Takanohana out of the ring on the ninth day, July 12, of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Dejima is one of three wrestlers leading the 15-day tourney with eight wins and one loss along with yokozuna Akebono and ozeki Chiyotaikai. Takanohana, winner of the last four tournaments in Nagoya, is 7-2.

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Naadam festival kicks off in Mongolia

STORY: Naadam festival kicks off in Mongolia DATELINE: July 11, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival STORYLINE: Mongolia's national holiday Naadam kicked off on Monday with a splendid opening ceremony featuring the country's history, traditions and culture. The official holiday is celebrated from July 11 to July 15 every year. It was called off in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Inscribed in UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the festival includes three traditional sports in the country, namely horse racing, archery and wrestling. Only men are allowed to participate in the traditional wrestling tournament of Naadam. The main difference between Mongolian traditional wrestling and international free wrestling is that the weight of wrestlers is not taken into consideration. A total of 1,024 wrestlers are competing in this year's Naadam. Unlike wrestling, Mongolian archery is open to female participants. A total of 540

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-WRESTLING

(220326) -- HERAT, March 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan wrestlers compete in Herat province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2022. A three-day wrestling competition kicked off here on Friday. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-WRESTLING

(220326) -- HERAT, March 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan wrestlers compete in Herat province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2022. A three-day wrestling competition kicked off here on Friday. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)