It was almost a year ago that LAist was blown away by the US Sumo Open at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. The day of amateur sumo wrestling action, yakisoba noodles and free sake made us understand why ...

For many sumo fans looking back at 2008, it will be a year of scandal with yaocho (match-fixing) allegations involving Yokozuna Asashoryu, and also the unfinished case surrounding the death of a young ...

Just as fall is World Series time in the U.S., it's also time for the championships in Japan's national sport — sumo wrestling. But this year, allegations of drug use and game rigging have left a ...

(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus. But the 330-lbs Mongolian, sumo's most successful ever grand champion, has not been able to rise above the scandals and ...

Forget the Lakers and the Dodgers: Some of the biggest sports action in Southern California this past weekend was sumo wrestling. For the first time in 27 years, 40 top-ranked athletes traveled to Los ...

Rugby players may get more than just the ball out of a scrum – herpes virus can cause a skin disease called "scrumpox" and it spreads through physical contact. Researchers have studied the spread of ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- 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 ...

Whenever Kent Moore meets someone from Japan, one of the first things he does is flop out his wallet and show them the picture of 340-pound sumo wrestler Kotomitsuki Keiji. Moore, chairman of the ...

Every time I hear somebody refer to sumo as "Japan's national sport," I just have to shake my head in amazement. It hasn't been that for a long time and may never be again. I think "ancient and ...