Sumo-mentous moment for UK as heavyweights return

SUMO wrestler Daieisho Hayato gets to grips with his opponent Fujinokawa Seigo as the sport returns to the UK after an absence of 34 years.

- By Charlie Bradley

For only the second time in its 99-year history the Grand Sumo Tournament is being staged outside Japan.

London’s Royal Albert Hall — which also hosted the event in 1991 — will see 40 of the world’s finest wrestlers grapple it out until Sunday’s finale.