From an experienced world champion down to a teen looking to make her mark, the tournament in Kyoto Prefecture showcased a wide range of talent.

Until this week's departure, there were four sumo grand champions. Three of them, Harumafuji included, are Mongolian. Eastern Europe, Russia, Hawaii and Samoa all send promising wrestlers to the ...

I mean, sumo wrestlers aren’t exactly “techy” people. Sumo is a pretty traditional sport, bounded to old rules - can you imagine these oversized wrestlers sitting down and enjoying Robert Scoble’s ...

Sumo wrestlers too heavy for flight Sumo might be getting leaner Sumo will always be a land of giants Join Sumo Stomp! Sumo wrestlers too heavy for flight Japan Airlines were forced to improvise ...

Sumo, Japan's ancient sport wrestling where huge athletes weighing over 40st (265kg) clash in the ring, is facing a health crisis. Wrestlers pulling out from autumn events has reached double ...

He actively trained wrestlers from other stables ... floodgates for the next generation of foreign-born yokozuna and changed the traditional world of sumo forever. A peek through the music ...

When a coterie of sumo wrestlers disembarked on a platform at Nagoya Station just after 3 p.m. on June 25, the distinctive smell of the hair oil that they use wafted through the air. Some ...

For more than 200 years, the wrestlers have relied on the traditional Japanese soup called "chankonabe" to get the job done. Known within the Sumo community as a "legal steroid," each rendition of ...

When it comes to sumo wrestling, one of Japan’s oldest and most sacred sports and pastimes, the rule tends to be to go big or go home. But a group of sumo wrestlers hoping to compete nearly had ...

On both sides of the Pacific, fans and peers paid tribute to him as a pioneer who had blazed a path for other foreign sumo wrestlers to follow. Akebono had been battling illness since collapsing ...

The revival and relaunch of Maple Leaf Wrestling, under the new name, Maple Leaf Pro (MLP) Wrestling, is set to take shape ...