NHK WORLD-JAPAN broadcasts GRAND SUMO March Tournament Day 8 action live from Osaka Prefecture, as top wrestlers reach the ...

No. 4 maegashira Takayasu fell to komusubi Kirishima to relinquish his outright lead at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Takayasu seized the outright lead in a top-of-the-table battle with ozeki Onosato on Tuesday at the ...

Fresh off his crowd-pleasing championship at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, Hoshoryu expressed excitement and disbelief at his victory. With the triumph, the 25-year-old ozeki is likely to be ...

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

At the March Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, Takerufuji, a 24-year-old wrestler with only 10 tournaments under his belt, ...

Consider, for example, the playoff at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament last year when ozeki Takakeisho defeated lower ranking Atamifuji by using the henka technique, an evasive side step ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Japan — Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top of the ancient sport for the first time in over 30 years after the only yokozuna, Terunofuji, announced his retirement on Friday. The ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...