Sumo, at least in Western culture, is almost seen as a joke. TV shows laugh at fat Japanese men who grab each others’ diapers and fail to see the sport as sumo. Sumo wrestlers are more than just ...

The Japan Sumo Association says its professional wrestlers will demonstrate the traditional Japanese sport in London next ...

Kitanofuji was only the 52nd man to reach the highest rank of Yokozuna in the sport's centuries-old history. Competing ...

In a historic moment for Ukraine and the traditional sport of sumo, Shishi has become the first Ukrainian wrestler to grapple his way to the top makuuchi division. “I’m so happy, I’m going ...

The Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibitions in 20 years will take place next October in London, the organizing body revealed Friday. In advance of the tour, JSA President Hakkaku will ...

E. Honda, the iconic Sumo wrestler from the Street Fighter series, has made a triumphant return in Street Fighter 6. But as ...

An intense opening weekend of action at sumo's November tournament, the Kyushu Basho, has already set up several intriguing storylines for the sport’s final meet of 2024. To no one’s surprise ...

A TINY 16-year-old teenager beat a sumo wrestler twice his size and took social media by storm. Unlike other combat sports, such as boxing and MMA, sumo wrestling doesn't have weight divisions ...

After Montrealer Agustin Gimenez travelled to Japan in 2018 for his honeymoon, he developed an admiration for the country’s national sport: sumo wrestling. “We travelled around Japan, and on the last ...

Sunday’s championship — a career first for sumo’s top-ranked ozeki — came more than half a century after his grandfather downed Kitanofuji, who died on Nov. 12, to claim his fifth ...

Ura Kazuki is a fan favorite in the sumo wrestling community as he is well-known for his exciting style. In the Kyushu basho, ...

The final day of the November Grand Sumo tournament begins in Fukuoka ... the 52nd man to reach the highest rank of Yokozuna in the sport's centuries-old history. Competing between 1957 and ...