In 2025, the Japan Sumo Association celebrates its 100th anniversary. The Hatsu Basho was dominated by the keyword "Yokozuna.

Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, in sumo history this week after winning the second tournament of his career. The 25-year-old is the first new yokozuna since ...

The sumo faithful in Osaka were disappointed to ... With the victory, Takerufuji becomes only the second rookie in history to win the top division championship. The previous one was Ryogoku ...

Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, in sumo history this week after winning the second tournament of his career. The 25-year-old is the first new yokozuna since 2021 ...

OSAKA--New sekiwake Wakatakakage made sumo history here March 27 when he clinched his first career title by defeating rank-and-file Takayasu in a playoff on the last day of the Spring Grand Sumo ...

a professional sumo referee who was a well-known scholar of sumo history, as his mentor, and learned the behavior of the great yokozuna wrestlers of the past. He actively trained wrestlers from ...

When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves across a country that links ...

Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and ...

The Royal Albert Hall hosted sumo wrestling in 1991, but hasn't done so since. Image: Chris Christodoulou The last (and only) time that a sumo wrestling Grand Tournament took place outside of ...

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

Sumo Through March 30 at the Public Theater ... A production partly aimed at students that highlights Tampa’s history in the civil rights movement lands at a time when the state is changing ...