Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play Sumo opened at New York City’s Public Theater to positive reviews. The play was set in the world of ...

Onosato Daiki was the first Japanese man to win the title in decades, as Mongolia continues to dominate the sport.

The stereotypical (and usually false) image of a sumo wrestler is usually that of a large man with a stomach that looks like ...

The one-day competition was the culmination of three years of hard work by Oscar Dolan, the club’s founder, who is a wrestler himself and a former U.S. lightweight silver medalist. Image The founder ...

The sport has recently been dominated by Mongolians and prior to Onosato, six of the previous seven yokozunas have been from ...

Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...

Sumo matches are fought in the “dohyo”, a wrestling ring built from clay and rice straw bales. Two white lines are placed in the centre of the ring to signify the wrestlers’ starting ...

With more than 1,500 years of history, sumo wrestling is one of Japan’s oldest and most sacred sports. But in recent years, it has been facing lower enrolment and a high attrition rate.

The Honozumo tournament has been held every year since 1869 at the shrine. THE TRAINING IMAGE: Sumo wrestlers take part in a training session before the tournament. All photographs: Issei Kato ...

When Akebono became the first-ever foreign-born grand champion, sumo’s highest rank, in 1993, he opened the door for other foreign wrestlers to find success in the sport," said Emanuel.

Legendary sumo wrestler Akebono Taro died of heart failure this month. Akebono, the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach the highest rank of Yokozuna, was 54. "It is with sadness that we ...