From sacred ritual to global sport, sumo’s 100-year journey mirrors Japan’s struggle between tradition and modernity—where gods, pride, and global identity collide in one ring.

A version of this scene repeated itself all day in Kyoto last month as 300 wrestlers went at it in bout after bout. This was ...

Yokozuna Onosato continued his perfect start and sealed a winning record at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday. but ...

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

Among those in London for this week’s tournament is Ōhō Kōnosuke, a 6’3” sumo wrestler from Kōtō, Tokyo. Ōhō, 25, is the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Danilo Yavhushyshyn left his native Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago — just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion — and has risen rapidly to stardom in Japan as one of the top sumo wrestlers ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

Modern changes to sumo diet include grilled meats, stir-fried dishes and high-protein Western-style meals – all of which the ...