LONDON--In a famed concert hall here where divas and Shakespearean actors are the norm, massive wrestlers clad in mawashi will take center stage far from their homeland. The Japan Sumo ...

My kids have been fortunate to ... Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers, entered the circular ring, the dohyo, wearing only a mawashi, or loin cloth. We observed as the two athletes lifted ...

Oft-injured yokozuna Kakuryu has retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association announced on March 24. Born in Mongolia, Kakuryu, 35, won six Emperor’s Cups, but has been noticeably absent ...