TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or ...

Newly promoted sekiwake Atamifuji on Monday expressed his determination to continue climbing the rankings at next month's Summer Gran ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When you think of Grand Rapids, you probably don’t think about sumo wrestling. But one West Michigander is changing that and he’s taking it to the world stage. Gabe Unick ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

ROSS MIHARA: Fast start. Hakuho has the yokozuna in trouble, but he bends a knee. DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or ...

London has swapped Big Ben for big bouts this week as centuries of Japanese tradition play out at the Royal Albert Hall. Incredibly, only twice has a full Grand Sumo Tournament been held outside of ...

In Japanese professional sumo, Yokozuna Grand Champion Onosato and Ozeki Champion Aonishiki will be absent from the May Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled to kick off on Sunday.

TOKYO (NEXSTAR) — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died at 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — ...

Sumo wrestling makes its return to the UK after more than three decades, with the Grand Sumo Tournament set to take place at the Royal Albert Hall from October 15th. For five consecutive nights, ...

TOKYO — 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 ...