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Koripallo: Miesten EM-kilpailut (-14.9)

Koripallo: Miesten EM-kilpailut (-14.9)

Finland's Lauri Markkanen (C) wrestles with Lithuania's Margiris Normantas (2) and Azuolas Tubelis during the basketball FIBA EuroBasket 2025 group B match between Finland and Lithuania in Tampere, Finland, on September 1, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Icehockey, bronze medal game

Icehockey, bronze medal game

Czech goalkeeper Klara Peslarova makes a save during the IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championship bronze medal match between Finland and Czechia in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia, on April 20, 2025, Czechia's Dominika Laskova (14) wrestles with Finland's Ida Kuoppala. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Children Experience Technology Projects

Children Experience Technology Projects

RENHUAI, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2024 - A child wrestles with a robot at the Science and Technology Museum in Renhuai, Southwest China's Guizhou province, March 23, 2024.

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BELGIUM-NAMUR-FOLKLORE FESTIVAL

BELGIUM-NAMUR-FOLKLORE FESTIVAL

(230416) -- NAMUR, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Performers reoccur ancient wrestles during a folklore festival in Namur, Belgium, April 15, 2023. The 25th Namur folklore festival was held here to promote and protect local traditional culture. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Tsurumaki wins silver in men's Greco-Roman 80 kg

Tsurumaki wins silver in men's Greco-Roman 80 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Tsukasa Tsurumaki (L) wrestles with Iran's Habibollah Akhlaghi in the men's Greco-Roman 80 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Tsurumaki lost and had to settle for silver.

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Hasegawa wins gold in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg

Hasegawa wins gold in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kohei Hasegawa (L) wrestles with North Korea's Yun Won Chol in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Hasegawa won gold.

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Bob Sapp exchanges with N. Korean public

Bob Sapp exchanges with N. Korean public

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S. fighter Bob Sapp arm wrestles with North Korean children on Aug. 29, 2014, in Pyongyang, prior to a pro wrestling event to be co-hosted by Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki and North Korean authorities.

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Local mascots wrestle in Funabashi, Chiba Pref.

Local mascots wrestle in Funabashi, Chiba Pref.

FUNABASHI, Japan - Local mascot character Melon Bear of Yubari city in Hokkaido Prefecture wrestles with the mascot Funassyi (below), unofficially promoting Funabashi city, Chiba Prefecture, on May 18, 2014, during an event in Funabashi to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the opening of the local wholesale market. About 70 local mascots took part in the event.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (back) wrestles down Kisenosato to capture his 27th career title with a day to spare at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2013.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (back) wrestles down Kisenosato to capture his 27th career title with a day to spare at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2013.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (back) wrestles down Kisenosato to capture his 27th career title with a day to spare at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2013.

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Tosaka wins gold at wrestling world championships

Tosaka wins gold at wrestling world championships

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Japan's Eri Tosaka (R) wrestles with Mayelis Caripa Castillo of Venezuela in the women's 48-kilogram final at the wrestling world championships in Budapest on Sept. 18, 2013. Tosaka won the gold medal.

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1st day of summer basho

1st day of summer basho

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles komusubi Tochiozan on May 12, 2013, the first day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall. Hakuho defeated Tochiozan.

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Yokozuna Hakuho takes lead at Kyushu sumo

Yokozuna Hakuho takes lead at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles Kakuryu at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2011, the 10th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho took sole lead in the tournament after beating Kakuryu.

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Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) wrestles Marianna Sastin of Hungary during the final women's 63-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. Icho, who has also won gold medals at the last two Olympics, clinched her seventh crown in the 63-kg class at the world championships.

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Hakuho rolls over Tochinoshin

Hakuho rolls over Tochinoshin

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles with Tochinoshin, the Georgian No. 2 maegashira, on Jan. 12, 2011, the fourth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The Mongolian yokozuna went on to win the match to improve to a 4-0 mark.

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Sugimoto wins Japan's 1st judo gold at Asian Games

Sugimoto wins Japan's 1st judo gold at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - World judo champion Mika Sugimoto (R) wrestles with China's Qin Qian in the women's over 78-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Nov. 13, 2010. Sugimoto captured Japan's first judo gold medal at the sports event.

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Hakuho extends winning streak to 60

Hakuho extends winning streak to 60

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) wrestles with Estonian ozeki Baruto in the day's final bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 24, 2010. Hakuho recorded his 60th consecutive victory and improved to 13-0 at the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler ozeki Kotooshu poses with the wrestler siblings Chiharu (R) and Kaori (L) Icho at the Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex in Tokyo on June 26, the last day of the national wrestling championships. Kaori wrestles in the 63-kilogram class and Kaori competes in the 48-kg category. The Bulgarian sumo wrestler is 2.04 meters tall and weighs 155 kg.

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Takamisakari visits ASDF base to support troops in Kuwait

Takamisakari visits ASDF base to support troops in Kuwait

FUKUOKA, Japan - Popular sumo wrestler Takamisakari arm wrestles an Air Self-Defense Force member at the ASDF base in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 28. Takamisakari visited the base to speak with and encourage ASDF members dispatched to Kuwait via video phone.

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Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler ozeki Kotooshu poses with the wrestler siblings Chiharu (R) and Kaori (L) Icho at the Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex in Tokyo on June 26, the last day of the national wrestling championships. Kaori wrestles in the 63-kilogram class and Kaori competes in the 48-kg category. The Bulgarian sumo wrestler is 2.04 meters tall and weighs 155 kg. (Kyodo)

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Lost : Season 3 (2006)

Lost : Season 3 (2006)

Kiele Sanchez Characters: Nikki Fernandez Television: Lost : Season 3 (TV-SERIE) Usa 2004-2010, Director: Jeffrey Lieber & J.J. Abrams 04 October 2006 LOST - 'The Cost of Living' - A delirious Eko wrestles with demons from his past, while Locke and some of the other castaways head back to The Pearl -- one of the Dharma Initiative's island stations -- hoping to find a computer that they can use to locate Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Meanwhile, Jack doesn't know whom to trust when two of 'The Others' seem at odds with one another, on 'Lost,' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ) KIELE SANCHEZ Date: 04 October 2006

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Japan's Tosaka wins women's 48kg at world wrestling championships

Japan's Tosaka wins women's 48kg at world wrestling championships

Japan's Eri Tosaka (L) wrestles London Olympic silver medalist Mariya Stadnyk of Azerbaijan in the women's 48-kilogam final match at the world wrestling championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 9, 2015. Tosaka won 3-2 to win a gold medal (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russia's Roman Vlasov wins men's 75 kg at world championships

Russia's Roman Vlasov wins men's 75 kg at world championships

Russia's Roman Vlasov (below) wrestles with Denmark's Mark Madsen during the men's Greco-Roman 75-kilogram class final at the world wrestling championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 7, 2015. Vlasov won the gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Armenian Artur Aleksanyan wins 98 kg at world championships

Armenian Artur Aleksanyan wins 98 kg at world championships

Armenian Artur Aleksanyan (L) wrestles with Iran's Ghasem Rezaei during the men's Greco-Roman 98-kilogram class final at the world wrestling championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 7, 2015. Aleksanyan won the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Photo taken on May 15, 2018, shows a sign greeting travelers as they enter the rural town of Kimba, located halfway between east and west coasts of Australia, and one of two towns shortlisted to host a facility to store and dispose of Australia's low-to-intermediate nuclear waste. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Photo taken on May 17, 2018, shows rain water tanks at Kimba Area School, each decorated by children with murals reflecting life in the town, which is split over a plan to build a nuclear waste facility on agricultural land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Photo taken on May 16, 2018, shows Jeff (L) and Andrew (R) Baldock in the paddock that their family has volunteered to the federal government as a potential site for a nuclear waste storage and disposal facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Remote Australian town wrestles with nuclear future

Photo taken on May 17, 2018, shows the rural township of Kimba, which is split over a plan to build a nuclear waste facility on agricultural land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Takatani advances to 2nd round

Japan's Takatani advances to 2nd round

Japan's Sosuke Takatani (L) wrestles Talgat Ilyasov of Australia during a men's freestyle 74-kilogram first-round match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Higuchi won. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takamisakari visits ASDF base to support troops in Kuwait

Takamisakari visits ASDF base to support troops in Kuwait

FUKUOKA, Japan - Popular sumo wrestler Takamisakari arm wrestles an Air Self-Defense Force member at the ASDF base in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 28. Takamisakari visited the base to speak with and encourage ASDF members dispatched to Kuwait via video phone. (Kyodo)

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Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) wrestles Marianna Sastin of Hungary during the final women's 63-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. Icho, who has also won gold medals at the last two Olympics, clinched her seventh crown in the 63-kg class at the world championships. (Kyodo)

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Hanshin Tigers visit disaster-hit site

Hanshin Tigers visit disaster-hit site

IWANUMA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto (R) arm-wrestles a student at a junior high school in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 27, 2011, during a trip to the city with teammates to help encourage people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hasegawa wins gold in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg

Hasegawa wins gold in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kohei Hasegawa (L) wrestles with North Korea's Yun Won Chol in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Hasegawa won gold. (Kyodo)

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Bob Sapp exchanges with N. Korean public

Bob Sapp exchanges with N. Korean public

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S. fighter Bob Sapp arm wrestles with North Korean children on Aug. 29, 2014, in Pyongyang, prior to a pro wrestling event to be co-hosted by Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki and North Korean authorities. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Hakuho takes lead at Kyushu sumo

Yokozuna Hakuho takes lead at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles Kakuryu at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2011, the 10th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho took sole lead in the tournament after beating Kakuryu. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho rolls over Tochinoshin

Hakuho rolls over Tochinoshin

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles with Tochinoshin, the Georgian No. 2 maegashira, on Jan. 12, 2011, the fourth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The Mongolian yokozuna went on to win the match to improve to a 4-0 mark. (Kyodo)

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Sugimoto wins Japan's 1st judo gold at Asian Games

Sugimoto wins Japan's 1st judo gold at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - World judo champion Mika Sugimoto (R) wrestles with China's Qin Qian in the women's over 78-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Nov. 13, 2010. Sugimoto captured Japan's first judo gold medal at the sports event. (Kyodo)

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Rugby World Cup in Japan: Japan v Scotland

Rugby World Cup in Japan: Japan v Scotland

Keita Inagaki (C, top) of Japan wrestles the ball from a Scotland player during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool A match in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: London Olympic women's judo

Judo: London Olympic women's judo

Japan's Kaori Matsumoto (L) wrestles en route to winning the women's 57-kilogram judo final against Romania's Corina Caprioriu at the London Olympics on July 30, 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Onosho at New Year meet

Sumo: Onosho at New Year meet

Onosho (L) wrestles with fellow maegashira Okinoumi on the sixth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2019. Onosho retained a share of the lead with grand champion Hakuho at 6-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Grand champions Kakuryu, Kisenosato to compete at New Year meet

Sumo: Grand champions Kakuryu, Kisenosato to compete at New Year meet

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles in a practice session at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2018 ahead of the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho will be aiming for his 41st title at the New Year meet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Sumo practice

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu (L) wrestles in training at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Sumo practice

Grand champion Kisenosato (L) wrestles against Hokutofuji during practice in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Sumo practice

Grand champion Kisenosato (R) wrestles against Hokutofuji during practice in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Sumo practice

Grand champion Kisenosato (L) wrestles with Kotoshogiku during practice in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Sumo practice

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles with Kaisei during practice in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo practice

Sumo practice

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu (L) wrestles with Yoshikaze during practice in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Snyder claims 97-kg wrestling gold

Olympics: Snyder claims 97-kg wrestling gold

Freestyle wrestler Kyle Frederick Snyder (facing) of the United States wrestles with Khetag Goziumov of Azerbaijan in the men's 97-kilogram final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 21, 2016. Snyder won the gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan wrestler Higuchi advances to men's freestyle 57-kg final

Japan wrestler Higuchi advances to men's freestyle 57-kg final

Japan's Rei Higuchi (R) wrestles Hassan Sabzali Rahimi of Iran during a men's freestyle 57-kilogram class semifinal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Higuchi won to advance to the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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