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Ascendant star Onosato will be under an intense spotlight as he makes his yokozuna debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ...
After three years of work, the New York Sumo Club held its first tournament for amateur students of the ancient combat sport.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Prochazka, shirtless and dressed in a sumo-style mawashi ...
OITA,Japan (Kyodo) -- The popularity of traditional Japanese sumo has seen a welcome rise in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of ...
How Sumo Wrestling, Up Close and Personal, Became New York’s Hottest New Play OUT AND A BOUT The stage is transformed into a ring. The actors are barely clothed in the traditional costume.
As the Tokyo 2020 Olympics draw near, Rick Maese examines the conflict within sumo, the nation’s most traditional sport, over the rise of female participants and the sport’s exclusion from the ...
I've traveled the world with my 3 sons. A day spent in the birthplace of sumo wrestling made Japan their favorite country.
Richard Riggs, 35, says sumo wrestling boosts his confidence and improves his flexibility.
As the concert hall loomed behind them, they did their best to be sumo diplomats. "Sumo has a wonderfully intriguing collection of culture and ritual and sport and excitement,'' Ainscough said.
Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history.