Pioneering US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono has died, his family announced in a statement Thursday. Widely considered to have blazed a trail for other foreign sumo wrestlers, the 54-year-old died of heart failure at a hospital in Japan. Born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono became the first non-Japanese yokozuna – a sumo grand champion, the highest rank in the sport. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month while...
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TOKYO (AP) — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or grand champion — in Japan. O.J. Simpson, ex-NFL star acquitted in ‘trial of the century,’ dies: family “It []
Akebono, who retired from sumo in 2001, won 11 championships while garnering celebrity status as a talent on Japanese TV shows
Waimanalo-born Chad Rowan, who made sumo history as Akebono by becoming the first foreigner to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in Japan’s national sport, has died after a long illness, it was announced today. He was 54.
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The 2024 U.S. Open was the 8th annual version and featured its largest attendance yet. Anna Leigh Waters won her first U.S. Open golds and the Johnson Five dominated the pro results.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Once again New Mexico United has advanced past its first match in the US Open Cup. Not only will the black and yellow play another game at home for the next round, but it will be against an MLS club. During Thursday's draw for the round of 32, it was revealed that []
Egyptian squash stars Mostafa Asal (world number four) and Nouran Gohar (world number three) emerged on Tuesday 16 April as the champions of the Mountain View Black Ball Squash Open 2024 in Cairo. Asal, known as “the raging bull” and the No.2 seed in the men’s draw, secured his second title of the season by defeating the world number one, Ali Farag. Meanwhile, Gohar, the top seed in the women’s draw, extended her dominance by claiming her third consecutive Black Ball Open title with a superb...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham's family announced the death Tuesday in a statement []
Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died.