A professional sumo wrestler has lost his life after battling an absolutely horrifying disease for the past few weeks.

With tickets for grand tournaments tough to come by, regional tours are the best chances for fans to watch live sumo — and ...

Ozeki Onosato clinched his third career Emperor's Cup with a championship-deciding playoff victory over rank-and-file opponent Takaya ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's highest rank.

The popularity of traditional Japanese sumo has seen a welcome rise in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion ...

The July grand sumo tournament was held from July 7th to the 21st at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya. All eyes were on Yokozuna grand champion Hakuho who returned to action after sitting ...

The Japan Sumo Association announced on Dec. 4 that a Grand Sumo Tournament will be held from Oct. 15 to Oct. 19, 2025, at the Royal Albert Hall in central London, one of the most prestigious ...

The July grand sumo tournament featured two huge names with a lot on the line. One was fighting to prove he was still a worthy grand champion; the other was taking a shot at promotion to the top ...

The 200 wrestlers wearing colorful “yukata” summer kimono arrived on a Shinkansen, ahead of the start of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 9. Such a train, which transports sumo ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...