Terunofuji heralded the beginning of his reign as sole yokozuna on Sunday by downing new komusubi Kiribayama on the opening day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Match.

Mongolian-born Terunofuji received his fifth profession Emperor’s Cup in his grand-champion debut at September’s Autumn meet. Days later,

International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Umar Kremlev visited Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia to propose the hosting of an international tournament in the country.

Mongolian President U.Khurelsukh received AIBA delegation led by Kremlev in State House of Mongolia. At the meeting, Kremlev expressed

In September, Terunofuji was the lone yokozuna in action. Now he’s all alone at the top of the rankings, published Monday by the Japan Sumo Association.

With the retirement of record 45-time champion Hakuho after September’s Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, Terunofuji

Thailand U23 team head coach Worrawoot Srimaka warned his players not to take their Group J opener of the AFC U23 Championship qualifiers against hosts Mongolia lightly. Worrawoot told a pre-match news conference that he was wary of the Mongolian

Fifa has been criticised over its handling of complaints of sexual harassment and physical assault in girls’ football after it emerged it had not publicly announced a worldwide ban given to a coach.
B.Uchralsaikhan, a former manager of Mongolia’s under-15 girls’

Team Mongolia became the winner of the first Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners after defeating Team Zimbabwe in the final of the biggest ever chess event among correctional facilities. The event was organized by FIDE and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (Chicago,

It is unbelievable that in Ulaanbaatar, reputedly, the coldest capital city in the world there is no ice palace. Until now, Mongolian athletes in training for winter games, have only been able to train in winter – when everything is

Sumo wrestler Ichinojo A.Ichinnorov, who holds the sport’s fourth-highest rank of komusubi, has given up his Mongolian nationality and become a Japanese citizen.

By obtaining Japanese citizenship, the giant 28-year-old grappler, who stands 190 centimeters and weighs 206 kilograms, can become