As expected, ticket demand for the Japan Sumo Association’s October tournament in London — the first ōzumō event there in over three decades — far outstripped supply. Almost as soon as the ...

New yokozuna Hoshoryu walked a tight rope but claimed his second straight win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, ...

Hoshoryu already has a pair of titles to his name, and is coming off perhaps the most impressive eight-bout stretch of his ...

Aonishiki, who is 182cm in height and weighs a relatively modest 136kg, discovered sumo as a boy, practicing judo and ...

Two more of the sumo wrestlers set to face off on April 11 at the All Star Sumo round robin tournament at Bank OZK Arena have ...

Biggest among current sumo celebrities is Dewagatake who ... watched the matches on each of the ten days of the Kokugi-kan tournament. Outside the arena, thousands more bet on the matches ...

Today the show features all top-division bouts from March 20, Day 11 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. *The chapter function will not be available on GRAND SUMO Highlights videos during the ...

His final tournament win came in 1973, but after sitting out most of the first four tournaments of 1974, he announced his retirement. Kitanofuji's final record as a sumo wrestler was 784–426 ...

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

But Terunofuji has struggled with injuries and withdrew from the ongoing New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Thursday after forfeiting his bout. He told reporters Friday that he was ...

following the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May and took over the current ring name from his stablemaster. His first victory was at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March when he was sekiwake ...