Like so many fathers and sons before them, Georgi Zilkin and Nicholas Tarasenko had an earnest conversation a while ago about ...

Japan’s national sport seems more popular than ever. Attendance has bounced back from the pandemic; all 90 days of bouts in ...

Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion, says he has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out ...

a popular lightweight sumo wrestler at the time. After a few years, Mr. Dolan wanted to try it for himself. He founded the organization in 2022 after realizing there weren’t any amateur sumo ...

Hot Springs, Ark. (KATV) — Arkansas' first sumo tournament will be held Friday evening at Bank OZK Arena at the Hot Springs Convention Center and features sumo wrestlers billed as the world's ...

Hidetora Hanada’s journey has led him from a high-profile sumo wrestling prospect to a college football player in Colorado. Now he may be heading to the world of pro wrestling. The Colorado ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...

With more than 1,500 years of history, sumo wrestling is one of Japan’s oldest and most sacred sports. But in recent years, it has been facing lower enrolment and a high attrition rate.

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...

When traveling to Japan with Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons engaged in a sumo match. On social media, the couple teased competing against each other ...

Gridiron football skills don’t translate so smoothly into the ancient Japanese art of sumo wrestling. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons faced off with a sumo wrestler during an ...