Rank-and-file wrestler Takayasu seized the outright lead in a top-of-the-table battle with ozeki Onosato on Tuesday at the ...

My youngest wrote about getting in the ring with a 400-pound sumo wrestler in Japan: "I was only 8, I obviously lost." ...

Aonishiki, who is 182cm in height and weighs a relatively modest 136kg, discovered sumo as a boy, practicing judo and ...

Some parts of Japan continue to preserve sumo's most traditional aspects ... They practiced in a dohyo ring and learned specific actions they needed to perform before their matches.

Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji and two ... The sumo grand champion performed the traditional ring purification ceremony, which has been performed at various locations annually ...

Upon arriving in Japan, Aonishiki ... is at present competing in the makushita category of the pro sumo circle under his ring name Seihakuho. Talking all these feats into account, it was no ...

Imagine stepping into the MMA ring with a former sumo wrestling legend who towers over you by a good foot and weighs nearly ...

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

TOKYO: Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top ... retiring to train young wrestlers after "a tough 14 years" in the ring. "I've given everything but at this tournament I wasn't able to ...

New yokozuna Hoshoryu walked a tight rope but claimed his second straight win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, ...