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HISTORICAL FACTS: Sumo stars make giant splash in london - The Untold Story

London's Royal Albert Hall is staging the Grand Sumo Tournament (Credit: AFP)

For one week, a corner of London has been transformed into a pocket of ancient Japan, with dozens of sumo wrestlers descending on the city in a rare foray outside the sport's homeland.

The Royal Albert Hall, world-renowned as a concert venue, is housing an authentic soil-and-sand dohyo, or wrestling ring, and a striking roof reminiscent of a Shinto shrine.

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