I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly ...

He was captivated by sumo when he saw athletes involved ... to the first division in the western Japan student wrestling community. In June 2022, Kansai University became the champion of the ...

It was near there, at the foot of Mt. Nijo in Katsuragi City, where I had another quest for my boys — to learn about Japan's oldest sport: Sumo wrestling. Katsuragi is the origin of sumo ...

Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top ... "When I first became a yokozuna, I didn't think I would be able to continue wrestling for very long," said Terunofuji, who was promoted to the ...

THE Japanese art of sumo wrestling isn’t something you’d expect to be taking ... The 35-year-old from Dodworth only picked up the sport in October 2022 but within a year was a part of the three-man ...

A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...

The 35-year-old took a chance on sumo wrestling in 2022. He ended up competing for ... Sumo is a style of wrestling that originated in ancient Japan. The first wrestler to touch the ground with ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.

But in Japan he has been invited to play a role in a far more symbolic and revered event - a sumo wrestling competition. He will present the "Trump Cup" to the winner of the Summer Grand Sumo ...