Training is already underway for the athletes, including Abdelrahman “Sandstorm” Shalan, a world champion sumo wrestler ...

But she became captivated by the traditional male-dominated sport because a small wrestler can unexpectedly defeat a larger opponent and because bouts are decided in a clear-cut manner. She is now ...

Spring Grand Sumo Tournament champion Kirishima was promoted back to ozeki Wednesday after 11 meets following the ...

FUKUOKA--Rank-and-file Abi grabbed his first career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 27 by winning second straight bouts in a three-way playoff, a first in 28 years.

Sumo wrestling has a long history in Seattle, dating back to the first generation of Japanese American immigrants to the area ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sumo grand champion Harumafuji announced he would retire on Wednesday to take responsibility for injuring a junior wrestler in an incident that has threatened to taint the image of ...

Sumo wrestler Aonishiki became the first wrestler from Ukraine to win a Grand Sumo tournament, also clinching promotion to ...

Danylo Yavhusishyn, who is known by his ring name Aonishiki, fled the war in Ukraine to become a sumo wrestler in Japan and his rapid rise has taken him to one step away from reaching the ancient ...

Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho and his bride Sayoko Wada tied the knot on Sunday (February 21) in a ceremony held at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Courtesy of Reuters ...

Bryan Narcisse was a Clemson basketball player from 2008-12 and a Harlem Globetrotter shortly after. Why is he now calling himself "Lanky Sumo"? Here's how he gravitated to the Japanese combat sport.