After more than three decades away, the ancient sport of sumo made a triumphant return to London’s Royal Albert Hall, filling the sold-out venue with the sound of stomps, shouts and centuries of ...
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 ...
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a historic decision at the Fukuoka sumo tournament. She may present the winner's ...
Sanae Takaichi must decide whether to break with centuries of tradition and step into the ring to present the trophy ...
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 ...
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 ...
LONDON (AP) — Sumo wrestlers are bringing 1,500 years of tradition to London’s Royal Albert Hall. It marks only the second time the elite five-day tournament will be held outside Japan. The first was ...
Kinbozan lifts Midorifuji during day one of The Grand Sumo Tournament Ryan Pierse/Getty Images It was a sight to behold. A sell-out crowd, many of whom had travelled from all over Europe to witness ...