A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

The iconic venue in the British capital is hosting the Grand Sumo Tournament — the roughly 1,500-year-old sport's most important competition — for the second time, drawing more than 44 professional ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Aspiring sumo wrestler Mainoumi once convinced doctors to inject silicone into his scalp to meet height requirements for the ancient Japanese sport. Such sacrifice is a rarity now in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship.

The Konnichiwa Japan Festival 2025 in New Delhi transformed Select CITYWALK into a vibrant showcase of Japanese culture. With ...

TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...

Sumo great Hakuho is retiring at the age of 36, marking the end of an era in Japanese traditional sport. The Mongolian-born Yokozuna, or grand champion, Hakuho has won a record 45 tournaments, ...

Sumo wrestlers fight on the ring as spectators' seats are empty during the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, March 8, 2020. The 15-day sumo tournament started on Sunday ...

After more than three decades away, the ancient sport of sumo made a triumphant return to London’s Royal Albert Hall, filling the sold-out venue with the sound of stomps, shouts and centuries of ...

Positive pot tests part of first drug scandal in sumo's 2,000-year history. Sept. 2, 2008 — -- Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana use in Japan less than a month after a ...