John Gunning

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  1. John Gunning

    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    •Sumo protests against nuclear tests •Arson in Paris destroying dozens of kesho mawashi •French presidents waging war through sumo •Yokozuna disappearing forever in South America •Samurai at the Great Sphinx of Giza in 1864 ....and more.... in my column this week
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    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    Hearing that ticket sales (applications?) for the June 2026 Sumo event in Paris open this Monday (February 10) at 10am French time on the AEG website.
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    Yokozuna Hoshoryu

    Sumo’s newest yokozuna is all smiles — but major challenges await
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    Terunofuji career pics overview

    Thanks for alerting me to the fact that TBS is using one of my photos without permission.
  5. John Gunning

    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    Yep
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    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    Not only that but a major news agency just got slapped with punishments and threatened with having their access to a certain sport revoked for accidentally putting embargoed news online for a few minutes half an hour before the time allowed.
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    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    Nothing to do with London. Can’t say more until the announcement is made tomorrow but it will happen probably around 2pm Japan time
  8. John Gunning

    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    Got my days mixed up. It’s tomorrow
  9. John Gunning

    Good news for Euro sumo fams

    Announcement coming in the next hour or so that’s probably going to make some European sumo fans very happy.
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    Sumo program announcements (pics and vids)

    Our review of 2024 is now available to watch for free at this link.
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    15th Hakuho Cup (2025)

    The 15th Hakuho Cup WILL take place Details: * 2025-2-11 Kokugikan * JSA approval ・ Guidance from Isegahama Oyakata * Noto & Ukraine teams invited * Miyagino in mawashi teaching * 1,100 kids approx. (Age 5-15) * Admission FREE
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    London koen- October 2025

    I talked to some sumo fans who were at the Royal Albert Hall in 1991.
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    London koen- October 2025

    Will we see Paris Syndrome on the kyujo certificates?
  14. John Gunning

    London koen- October 2025

    The counterpoint of course is that if such deliberate misinformation is of little consequence to those in attendance and / or won't affect tickets sales, then why do it? With no apparent upside, all it's doing is simply annoying people who do understand the false nature of the claims, and putting even more incorrect info about sumo out into the world. They could simply have said the Japan Sumo Association is returning to London after 34 years, and even used the 'basho' moniker without issue (as Canada did in 1998).
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    London koen- October 2025

    All JSA info related to the event treats it as a normal Koen. The presenting it as a real basho comes entirely from the organiser and the RAH. I’m pretty sure no one in the kyokai is reading English language media connected to the event, and even if they did I doubt they would care enough to start correcting their business partners in the venture over such phrasing as it has no effect on them or their core audience, nor is it ever picked up by media in Japan. I don’t even know why it bugs me so much - I’ve seen far more egregious claims made about sumo in the past by foreign media.