<div id="readability-page-1">  <p><time datetime="2025-10-15T09:21:54+01:00">    Wednesday 15 October 2025 9:21 am  </time>      <span> | </span><span> Updated: </span>   <time datetime="2025-10-15T09:22:06+01:00">    Wednesday 15 October 2025 9:22 am  </time></p>         <div>    <div>             <div>             <p>            <span>        Deputy Sports Editor - City AM      </span>                </p>          </div>  </div>    </div>    <figure>    <div>       </div> <img width="742" height="495" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2241049350-e1760516256348.jpg/query-dz03NDI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2241049350-e1760516256348.jpg/query-dz03NDI"/>  <figcaption>Sumo wrestling will head to the iconic Royal Albert Hall this week as the Grand Sumo Tournament headlines London.</figcaption> </figure> <p>Sumo wrestling will head to the iconic Royal Albert Hall this week as the Grand Sumo Tournament headlines London.</p><p>It will be the first time this level of sumo has left Japan since 1991, when the Japanese stalwart sport also arrived at South Kensington’s Royal Albert Hall.</p><p>PlutoTV – which last month saw Ronnie O’Sullivan team up with a former director of Thomas the Tank Engine to launch the world’s first dedicated snooker TV channel – will broadcast the events alongside BBC iPlayer.</p><p>The tournaments take place from Tuesday through until Sunday with the stars of the dohyō consuming 70kg of rice per day.</p><p>It is just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history, marking the event as a key one in the history of the sport.</p><p>All five days sold out within minutes, with the appetite for sumo wrestling clearly visible. </p><p>Among those featuring will be Mongolian Hoshoryu Tomokatsu and Japan’s Onosato Daiki, who are ranked yokozuna, or grand champions.</p><h2 id="h-sumo-at-royal-albert-hall">Sumo at Royal Albert Hall</h2><p>“I’m happy that Sumo is back after so many years,” Onosato said. “I hope I can show the UK fans how fantastic Sumo is.”</p><p>“Being a yokozuna has a lot of responsibility,” Hoshoryu told Sky Sports. “We have to show everyone an example of what a yokozuna is – and that’s very difficult.</p><p>“My uncle was a yokozuna – and I’m happy to follow in his footsteps. But I came here to London as a yokozuna which he didn’t, so I’m even happier.”</p><p>Pluto TV has been described as an American free ad-supported streaming platform, and worked with Whoopi Goldberg on the All Women’s Sports Network.</p><p>“The Grand Sumo Tournament promises to be a ground-breaking showcase of Sumo’s athleticism and tradition, with a full complement of Makuuchi rikishi (wrestlers), from Japan’s top level Sumo division, competing in front of a live audience across five days to win the coveted title of grand champion,” a statement read when the tournament was announced.</p> </div>

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<p>相撲比賽重返皇家阿爾伯特音樂廳，舉行大相撲錦標賽，這是自 1991 年以來首次在日本以外舉辦此類活動。錦標賽從週二持續到週日，將在 PlutoTV 和 BBC iPlayer 上免費直播。活動的五天門票迅速售罄，顯示出人們對相撲的強烈興趣。值得注意的參賽者包括橫綱星龍智和大關小野裏大樹，他們對為英國粉絲表演感到興奮。此次活動突顯了相撲的豐富傳統和運動精神</p>

相撲比賽重返皇家阿爾伯特音樂廳，並將在免費電視上播出