Exclusive: London in talks to host return of sumo at Royal Albert Hall Sport Business Sumo wrestling could return to the Royal Albert Hall by the end of the decade as talks between London and Tokyo edge towards a deal, City AM can reveal. London Mayor Sadiq Khan met the Japan Sumo Association in Tokyo this week following on from last year’s give-day Basho at the iconic Kensington arena. It [...]
I went to the Grand Sumo Tournament in London and it blew me away Sport Business A Grand Sumo Tournament left Japan for the first time since 1991 and in London it has seemingly found its home. Here’s what I thought of it all. One of London’s greatest surprises will always be turning off Prince Consort Road, just as you reach the Royal College of Music, and being greeted by the [...]
Sumo in the City: Star of the dohyo becomes finance bro Sport Business A star of this week’s Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall has been spotted trying his hand at finance. Akira Takayasu, who is competing in South Kensington in the second Grand Sumo Tournament to leave Japan in 1,500 years, got stuck in at City stalwart Mizuho Financial Group on Thursday. The 35-year-old, famed [...]
Sumo wrestling back at Royal Albert Hall and televised free-to-air October 15, 2025 Sumo wrestling will head to the iconic Royal Albert Hall this week as the Grand Sumo Tournament headlines London. 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. PlutoTV – which last month saw Ronnie O’Sullivan [...]