While researching about male dominated sports in India, I came across Hetal Dave and how she made a mark in a field mostly ...

The man widely considered to be the greatest sumo wrestler in history has resigned, compounding a bruising few years for Japan's ancient sport. Last week Hakuho Sho left the Japan Sumo Association ...

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." ...

Hot Springs, Ark. (KATV) — Arkansas' first sumo tournament will be held Friday evening at Bank OZK Arena at the Hot Springs Convention Center and features sumo wrestlers billed as the world's ...

During the Edo Period (1603-1868), sumo shifted from a way for samurai to train for battle to a competition between elite athletes. This is also when sumo wrestlers started to become known for ...

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 ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, after ...

I've traveled the world with my 3 sons. A day spent in the birthplace of sumo wrestling made Japan their favorite country.

U.S.-born sumo wrestler Akebono Taro, an 11-time grand champion, has died from heart failure, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 54.

Sumo wrestling legend Akebono has died at the age of 54. REUTERS “I had to tend to personal matters that needed to be done prior to publicly announcing my husband’s death,” she said.

Taro Akebono, a Hawaii-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion and helped to fuel a resurgence in its popularity in the 1990s, has died in Tokyo. He was 54.