Josh Ortiz, of the Bronx, and Kofi Miller, of Brooklyn, are among the 12-plus-sized athletes who will take to the mat at the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to skip the award ceremony for the winning sumo wrestler at the New Year's tournament, as the ring is traditionally off-limits to women, a government ...

Sumo wrestlers are looking forward to showing off their sport and technique as World Championship Sumo debuts Jan. 30 at the ...

One week after resigning from the Japan Sumo Association, retired yokozuna great Hakuho said he isn't leaving the sport entirely but wants to take sumo global and support it outside the JSA. At a news ...

This citrus was originally developed in Japan in the 1970s, but was brought to the U.S. in the 1990s. In Japan, the Sumo ...

Ukrainian star Aonishiki survived a scare to continue his perfect start at the second-highest rank of ozeki as the two ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

Fuelled by social media and a rare visit by Japan’s elite wrestlers, growing numbers of Britons are taking part in the centuries-old sport ...

But the sound of bare feet padding, and bodies thudding on the mat of a sports hall in Belfast signals an unlikely first - ...

Akira Kato is not a yes-man, even to the greatest sumo wrestler of all time, yokozuna Hakuho, whom he admits to disliking, although he served as his hairdresser and informal adviser. But Kato, who ...