The International Sumo Federation (ISF) has confirmed that Egyptian sumo wrestlers will play no further part in the tournament.

The decision centres around an incident during the men’s lightweight final between Egypt’s Abdelrahman Elsefy and Ukraine’s Demid Karachenko at the Boutwell Auditorium on Saturday (July 9).

According to the Daily Beast, Egyptian coach Ōsunaarashi Kintarō angrily remonstrated with officials after Elsefy was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct moments after beating Karachenko.

Karachenko was reportedly declared the winner only for the decision to be reversed after replays showed that his toes were outside the ring, resulting in a disqualification.

"In all sports, respect for the rules, officials, and fellow athletes is paramount and the referee’s decision is always final," a statement from the ISF read.

"During the men’s lightweight competition, an incident occurred concerning members of the Egyptian team who disagreed with the judge’s call.

"Such exhibitions of poor sportsmanship can’t be tolerated.

"For this reason, the Egyptian team has been banned from participation in remaining Sumo competition of The World Games 2022.

"The International Sumo Federation fully supports the International World Games’ principle of the fairness in sport."

Two titles were won in the sumo competition with Ivanna Berezovska of Ukraine and Japan’s Daiki Nakamura clinching the respective women’s and men’s open weight crowns.

Berezovska overcame Japan’s Hiyori Kon in the final, while an all-Ukrainian bronze medal match saw Svitlana Yaromka beat Karyna Kolesnik.

Nakamura proved too strong for Mongolia’s Badral Baasandorj who had to settle for silver, while Oleksandr Veresiuk of Ukraine defeated another Mongolian opponent in Mendsaikhan Tsogt-Erdene to take bronze.

In the powerlifting competition, Oleksii Bychkov claimed gold in the men’s super heavyweight category with 107.92 points.

Yang Sen of Chinese Taipei earned silver with 107.68, while Tony Cliffe of Britain sealed bronze with 105.33.

Rhaea Stinn of Canada came out on top in the women’s super heavyweight division with 100.1.

Bonica Brown of the United States sealed silver with 108.48 and Tetiana Melnyk picked up bronze with 105.63.

In breaking, Victor Bernudez Montalvo defeated Jeffrey Louis 3-1 in an all-American final to take the b-boys title, with Shigeyuki Nakarai of Japan earning bronze.

The b-girls crown was won by Ami Yuasa of Japan after overcoming Sunny Choi of the US 4-0 in the gold medal battle.

Ayumi Fukushima joined compatriot Yuasa on the podium after beating Qingyi Li of China by the same scoreline to clinch bronze.

The first drone racing gold medal was won with France’s Killian Rousseau emerging victorious.

Poland’s Pawel Laszbzak earned silver with Spain’s Alejandro Zamora collecting bronze.

Sweden’s Miranda Tibbling won women’s speed gold in the parkour competition, finishing ahead of Noa Man of The Netherlands and Hikari Izumi of Japan who came second and third respectively.

Greece’s Ioakeim Theodoridis came out on top in the men’s freestyle final as Sweden’s Elis Torhall came second and Belgium’s Jeremy Lorsignol bagged bronze.