The art of sumo wrestling: From religious ritual to elite sport. Like many ancient sports, there’s a lot more to sumo wrestling than initially meets the eye. Ben Swindlehurst enters the ring.

TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...

La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere ‘Sumo’ to explore ritual, masculinity and the high art of Japanese wrestling Playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring said her six-character drama was inspired by a ...

Firemen Fight Sumo Wrestlers at the Shinmei Shrine (Shinmei sumō tōsō no zu) from the series New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures (Shinsen Azuma nishiki-e), The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The 2,000-year-old martial art of sumo wrestling will make its presence in San Diego this summer. WorldWide Sumo, a live entertainment company, is bringing the “Super ...

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was also present at the exhibition, and was amused at seeing one of the NFL’s most powerful defensive players manhandled by a practitioner of the sumo art.

DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or grand champion, we reached out to NHK sumo announcer Ross Mihara.

Hanshin Contents Link Corporation, which is Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.'s subsidiary, opened "THE SUMO HALL HIRAKUZA OSAKA" in Osaka Namba on May 30, 2024. Designed for international visitors ...

The founder of the New York Sumo Club, Oscar Dolan, center, officiates at a sumo match between Josh Ortiz, left, and Daniel Akandu, right, during the first Empire Cup at Japan Village in Brooklyn.

It makes sumo seem like a museum exhibit, trapped behind glass. Better, perhaps, just to throw us into the ring. Sumo Through March 30 at the Public Theater, Manhattan; publictheater.org .

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The 2,000-year-old martial art of sumo wrestling will make its presence in San Diego this summer. WorldWide Sumo, a live entertainment company, is bringing the “Super ...