On November 11, Day 3 of the tournament, several matches stood out for their intensity and skill. One of the most anticipated bouts was between the current champion and a rising star. This match not ...

At the beginning of a sumo match, a referee announces this to the two competitors, before they crouch opposite each other and touch both their fists to the mat. The sumo match does not begin until all ...

CITY HEIGHTSCITY HEIGHTS — The opponents square off just outside the ring, east versus west. They bend in a respectful bow and step into the circle, meeting at the center before crouching to their ...

The coaches for the six sumo champions competing Friday in Hot Springs have been named, and they're some of Arkansas's finest. Arkansas's first sanctioned sumo wrestling competition will kick off ...

Tama-nishiki weighs 300 lb., wears his hair curled in a knot on top of his head, dresses in a 15-lb. fringed apron and an enormous belt made of twisted straw and paper streamers, looks as if he were ...

The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament marks the end of the annual sumo wrestling circuit, held at the Fukuoka Kokusai Centre. This event features top-tier wrestlers, including the revered Yokozuna and ...

Japan's elite sumo wrestlers slapped, thrust and flipped their way through the first evening of their five-day exhibition ...

Donald Trump‘s son, Eric Trump, lost a sumo wrestling match while visiting Japan last weekend. In June, Eric was condemned on social media for using the offensive term, “mongoloids,” to describe the ...

In Brooklyn, a reporter witnessed the sport of sumo wrestling in action. By Aimee Ortiz Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism ...

There are three things you need to know about the lifestyle of a sumo wrestler (rikishi). The first is that the young, male-only athlete must eat between 7,000 and 9,000 calories a day. The second is ...

American-born sumo wrestling legend Taro Akebono, who famously appeared at WrestleMania two decades ago, is dead at age 54. The New York Times reports Akebono died of heart failure in early April ...