Ozeki Hoshoryu handed overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, but the wrestler ...

Japan's Sumo Grand Champion, Terunofuji, performed an annual sumo ritual which marks the start of the sumo wrestling season The Mongolian-born wrestler performed the 'ring purification' at the ...

The promotion was made official at the Japan Sumo Association's meeting on wrestler rankings for the next grand sumo tournament scheduled for March and an extraordinary meeting of its board of ...

During our summertime trip to Japan ... robot show in Tokyo with swirling lights and loud music while eating dinner. But the highlight of their trip was learning about sumo wrestling.

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest yokozuna strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient sport's highest rank. Mongolian-born Hoshoryu ...

But Terunofuji has struggled with injuries and withdrew from the ongoing New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Thursday ... I would be able to continue wrestling for very long," said ...

Sumo wrestling faces its first void at the yokozuna rank in over three decades as Terunofuji, the last active grand champion, retires at 33 due to injuries. His departure shifts focus to Mongolian ...