Top-division sumo wrestlers often weigh over 300 pounds, with some pushing past 500—making this core display all the more impressive.

After nearly 40 seconds of intense grappling in a sumo training bout, Yarden Yatkovski, 27, throws down a wrestler ranked in the makushita division, the third highest of the six divisions in ...

CBS News Texas reporter Bo Evans took an unusual assignment — spending a day training with the Dallas Sumo Club to find out ...

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title." ...

The sport has a new champion — and he's Japanese Onosato receives the trophy after winning in a sumo wrestling tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Sunday, May 25, 2025. Credit: AP ...

TOKYO (AP) — Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the ...

Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history.

Sumo encompasses very strict rules and traditions that have prompted other top wrestlers to pursue careers outside the sport. Hahuko retired from active wrestling in 2021.

Micah Parsons laughs after he is beaten by a sumo wrestler in Tokyo, Japan. X @BleacherReport In the second round, Parsons got his revenge and continuously screamed “Come on” in celebration ...

Hidetora Hanada, sumo wrestler turned CSU Rams lineman, receives NIL offer from WWE “I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling ...

Elon Musk blew out a disc in his neck after trying to perform a "judo throw" on a 350-pound sumo wrestling champion during a 2013 birthday party.

Sumo row sees legendary wrestler quit Japan association to launch world project Many regard the Mongolia-born Hakuko as the greatest champion in the sport's history ...