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In a historic moment for Ukraine and the traditional sport of sumo, Shishi has become the first Ukrainian wrestler to grapple his way to the top makuuchi division. “I’m so happy, I’m going ...

David Shih, Ahmad Kamal, Red Concepción , Scott Keiji Takeda, Michael Hisamoto, and Earl T. Kim. Photo by Emma Zordan Sumo is ...

A legislator yesterday called for more support for female athletes and five female sumo wrestlers who are to compete in an ...

ARNOLD, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A sumo wrestling champion now teaches the sport in Arnold. The Show Me Sumo Club is a small class taught by Daichi Yamamoto. He’s a two-time world champion and ...

Sumo is often referred to as Japan’s national sport but it’s baseball that is the country’s one true obsession. This week, ...

For decades, one of sumo’s most unique selling points has been its accessibility. Contrary to foreign media’s ubiquitous framing of Japan’s national sport as a “secret world ...

As she learned more about the sport, she became especially taken with the devotion of sumo wrestlers, who abandon their personal lives to practice the combat form. “There is a beauty and a ...

When opportunities for female sumo wrestlers were scarce in Japan, Hiyori Kon decided to bring her country’s sport to as far as Argentina. While promoting the ancient Japanese sport in the South ...

“Sumo,” a new play by Lisa Sanaye Dring about the Japanese wrestling sport, naturally has a certain exoticism given the cultural specificity of its subject. But it’s also a classic behind ...

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport. By Jesse Green Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” offers New Yorkers who are little exposed to ...