But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

over and over again makes it feel as if we are at an actual sumo wrestling bout. Instead we are witnessing Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play, Sumo (Public, to March 20), in which six men live and train ...

Hiyori Kon, 22, is an amateur sumo wrestling champion in Japan where women are still barred from competing professionally. Hiyori is hoping to change the rules of one of the world's oldest sports ...

With the ranks of prospective sumo wrestlers thinning out, the Japan Sumo Association is beefing up recruitment by dropping the height and weight requirements from its recruitment test ...

The Japanese ex-sumo known as Gocchanko – real name Kodai Ota, whose schtick is wrestling passersby on the street – has been performing his busking feats before growing crowds. Gocchanko ...

Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s mesmerizing new drama, SUMO. Akio arrives as an angry, ambitious 18-year-old with a lot to learn.

Komusubi Abi, right, defeats yokozuna Hoshoryu on the opening day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena Osaka on March 9, 2025. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- New ...