‘Empowering’: Ireland’s first female sumo wrestler

Sweat darkened the white “dohyo” ring mat as Ireland’s first female sumo wrestler shoved and strained, learning a freshly-discovered sport. Having tried the centuries-old Japanese discipline out of curiosity, Toraigh (pronounced Tori) Mallon, from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, now trains alongside bulky and beefy men, relying on balance and grit rather