In a park tucked among the factories and warehouses of a waterfront industrial district, 32 contestants confident in their ...

PUSHING over a concrete wall is not easy. Certainly not one that has flown over from Japan and looks at you like you have killed his mother. The country went sumo-mad in October when a troupe of ...

The UFC extravaganza at the White House was not a celebration of a sport, it was a celebration of slop. We have always been a violent country, but have we always been such a shameless one?

Why do sumo wrestlers still wear a chonmage (topknot) these days? And they're basically naked with just a mawashi on. When you think about it, it's quite a look. People would be shocked if they walked ...

On the 13th of last month at the Accor Arena in Paris’ 12th arrondissement, sumo wrestlers filled the venue where the 2024 Paris Olympics gymnastics events had taken place. As 41 renowned wrestlers ...

There are two days in the year when the streets of Kishiwada in the Senshu region, south of Osaka, reach their peak of intensity. A wooden float called a "danjiri," weighing over four tons, is pulled ...

A 17-year-old from Britain is set to make his professional sumo debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which opens Sunday.