They're getting through 70 kilograms of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, Sumo returns to London on Wednesday.

It's just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held outside of Japan - and this is a sport that has records going back over 1,500 years.

It's 34 years since the Royal Albert Hall hosted the only previous such event on foreign soil. And the appetite for tickets meant all five days sold out immediately.

Much of the focus is on the two grand champions or yokozuna, the 74th and 75th men to attain the rank.

They're the Mongolian Hoshoryu Tomokatsu, plus Japan's Onosato Daiki - who this year became the quickest wrestler to achieve the rank in the modern era.

"I'm happy that Sumo is back after so many years," Onosato said. "I hope I can show the UK fa

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