WWE is getting back into the sumo business. According to Mike Johnson of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, WWE has signed ...

Kaima Taira, Hiromi Itoh among Japanese pitchers posted to MLB A pair of Japanese pitchers will be posted to Major League Baseball, their NPB clubs announced over the weekend. The Seibu Lions ...

Onosato Daiki became the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in the sport. By Victor Mather Sumo is Japan’s national sport, steeped in ...

Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony ...

The technical level of international amateur sumo is rising, with fewer mismatches and more competitive countries at the ...

Baku Hosts Sumo World Championships For First Time. Laman Ismayilova Read more Baku has hosted the Sumo World Championships ...

A historic fight between sumo wrestlers and the Megumi firefighting gang is dramatized in this play, which ends in a free-for ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...