Sumo wrestling from Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: square off with an opponent, in a ring lined with sand, then try to push the other ...

With a career spanning over two decades, KUSHIDA might be one of the most respected and technically proficient wrestlers in ...

Apparently, “Excuse me, where can I get a Hull Pattie?” isn't quite enough for a professional sumo career. His father, Georgi ...

Ann, who had been reporting the story for months, put me in touch with the club’s founder, Oscar Dolan, who shared with me ...

At 6ft3 and 19 stone, Nicholas Tarasenko is no ordinary 15-year-old – and he’s about to leave Yorkshire for Japan to follow ...

A HEAVYWEIGHT teenager is heading to Japan — to become a sumo wrestler. Nineteen-stone Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, will become only the second Briton to do so. The 6ft 3in teen has won a scholarship ...

Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion, says he has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the governing body of the ancient sport. Hakuho says he wants ...

Retired sumo great Hakuho said he was quitting the ancient sport in Japan after his wrestling stable was closed because of a bullying scandal involving his protege.

Sumo wrestling is taking a beating. ... Sumo may have its "smiling 30-stone champion": ... The Hakuho Cup is "arguably the most important sumo tournament in the world" for children and adolescents.

After three years of work, the New York Sumo Club held its first tournament for amateur students of the ancient combat sport. New York | At This N.Y.C. Sumo Club, ‘Everybody Gets Thrown’ ...

The Japanese news agency Kyodo said the two sumo stars are due to meet in a tournament in July in the central city of Nagoya. More from CBS News U.S. Marine convicted of sexual assault by Japanese ...

Onosato receives the trophy after winning in a sumo wrestling tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Sunday, May 25, 2025 (Kyodo News via AP) ...