Editing Sumo (section)

===International competition===
The [[International Sumo Federation]] (IFS) was established in 1992 to encourage the sport's development worldwide, including holding international championships like the [[Sumo World Championships]] and [[European Sumo Championships]]. A key aim of the federation is to have sumo recognized as an [[Olympic sports|Olympic sport]]. Accordingly, amateur tournaments are divided into weight classes (men: lightweight up to {{Convert|85|kg|abbr=on}}, middleweight up to {{Convert|115|kg|abbr=on}}, heavyweight over {{Convert|115|kg|abbr=on}}, and openweight (unrestricted entry), and include competitions for female wrestlers (lightweight up to {{Convert|65|kg|abbr=on}}, middleweight up to {{Convert|80|kg|abbr=on}}, heavyweight over {{Convert|80|kg|abbr=on}}, and openweight). Sumo was a feature of the [[World Games]], an Olympics-recognized event for non-Olympic sports, from 2001 until 2022; it was removed from future World Games programs due to poor sportsmanship and organization.<ref name="egypt_sumo_poor_sportsmanship_world_games_2022">{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=10 July 2022 |title=Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship" |work=[[Inside The Games|InsideTheGames.biz]] |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125572/egyptian-sumo-team-banned-world-games |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tachiai.org/2023/07/16/hanamichi-sumo-dropped-from-world-games/|title=Hanamichi: Sumo Dropped from World Games|date=July 16, 2023|website=tachiai.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/10/18/sumo/sumo-olympic-dream-fresh-approach/|title=Sumo's Olympic dream requires fresh approach|first=John|last=Gunning|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=Oct 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07/13/sumo/world-games-osunaarashi-egypt-ukraine/|title=World Games chaos highlights amateur sumo's structural flaws|first=John|last=Gunning|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=Jul 13, 2022}}</ref> It has additionally been a feature of the [[World Combat Games]] since their inception in 2010.