Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, grew up in Mongolia, where both his elder brothers and father were ...

I spent 24 hours training inside a real sumo wrestling stable alongside some of the heaviest athletes in the world. From ...

Fuelled by social media and a rare visit by Japan’s elite wrestlers, growing numbers of Britons are taking part in the centuries-old sport ...

The iconic venue in the British capital is hosting the Grand Sumo Tournament — the roughly 1,500-year-old sport's most important competition — for the second time, drawing more than 44 professional ...

But the sound of bare feet padding, and bodies thudding on the mat of a sports hall in Belfast signals an unlikely first - ...

Josh Ortiz, of the Bronx, and Kofi Miller, of Brooklyn, are among the 12-plus-sized athletes who will take to the mat at the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship. Even more impressive: he defeated Hoshoryu on Sunday in the deciding match ...

Don’t miss the full story, whose reporting from Reeno Hashimoto and Koji Ueda at The Associated Press is the basis of this AI-assisted article. While professional sumo wrestling in Japan maintains its ...

The event, called "Sumo Showdown," will feature 12 of the world's top professional sumo wrestlers competing for the world ...

Donald Trump‘s son, Eric Trump, lost a sumo wrestling match while visiting Japan last weekend. In June, Eric was condemned on social media for using the offensive term, “mongoloids,” to describe 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 ...