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 ...

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk reminisced about a sumo wrestling match that left him with long-term neck pain. What Happened: Musk, on Sunday, responded to a post with a photo of his match, saying it was "a ...

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...

On November 11, Day 3 of the tournament, several matches stood out for their intensity and skill. One of the most anticipated bouts was between the current champion and a rising star. This match not ...

Japan's elite sumo wrestlers slapped, thrust and flipped their way through the first evening of their five-day exhibition ...

CITY HEIGHTSCITY HEIGHTS — The opponents square off just outside the ring, east versus west. They bend in a respectful bow and step into the circle, meeting at the center before crouching to their ...

At the beginning of a sumo match, a referee announces this to the two competitors, before they crouch opposite each other and touch both their fists to the mat. The sumo match does not begin until all ...

TOKYO — Sumo wrestling, one of Japan’s oldest and most hallowed sports, has all kinds of inviolable rituals. The wrestlers must wear their hair in carefully coifed topknots. Before every match, they ...

There are three things you need to know about the lifestyle of a sumo wrestler (rikishi). The first is that the young, male-only athlete must eat between 7,000 and 9,000 calories a day. The second is ...

TOKYO >> As the Sumida River flows through central Tokyo during his morning embankment walks, so, too, do the vivid memories of a groundbreaking career in sumo for Jesse Kuhaulua these days. Kuhaulua, ...