Sumo wrestling from Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: square off with an opponent, in a ring lined with sand, then try to push the other ...

In the first bout, after a long (by sumo standards) tussle while holding each other’s belts, Arashi pushed Gagloev out of the circle. In Bout 2, the Russian hooked a leg to get the win.

DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or grand champion, we reached out to NHK sumo announcer Ross Mihara.

Two sumo wrestlers (or rikishi) were in London last week, Kitanowaka Daisuke and Fukutsuumi Akira, gamely posing in their ring gear while stepping out of black cabs. They were promoting sumo’s ...

Sumo wrestling is taking a beating. Harriet Marsden, The Week UK. June 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC ...

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title." ...

He picked up sumo wrestling because a coach suggested it would help him on the gridiron. He didn’t know anything about it other than what he saw in movies. “It's really the same mindset, just ...

Sumo wrestling is a long-standing tradition in Japan, deeply rooted in ritual practices associated with the Shinto religion and imperialism. ... The thick black lines, comical expressions of the ...

The sumo museum has a full-sized wrestling ring and visitors with a foreign passport are granted free entry. INSIDER A day spent in the birthplace of sumo wrestling made Japan their favorite country.

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 ...

JJ Jones never made it to the sumo wrestling tournament in 2007, but the flyer for the tournament stayed on his wall and served as inspiration for him to pursue sumo wrestling a few years later.

Sumo wrestling is taking a beating. Scandals and high-profile resignations of former stars have 'sullied' image of Japan's national sport ... Sumo may have its "smiling 30-stone champion": Onosato.