For a start, he’s not Japanese. Shuntaro, whose real name is Pavel Bojar, was born in the Czech Republic, which is strangely passionate about sumo. He's also far thinner and lighter than his ...

I spent 24 hours training inside a real sumo wrestling stable alongside some of the heaviest athletes in the world. From brutal morning practices to nonstop physical drills, nothing about this ...

The ancient traditions of lucha libre and sumo wrestling are making their way to Southern California next month. Sumo and Sushi will take over the Ace Mission Studios in Los Angeles, from Nov. 6-9, ...

SUMO wrestling, Japan’s centuries‑old sport of thunderous collisions and ritual pageantry, is enjoying an unlikely boom far beyond its homeland. Once seen ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

Fight fans are currently reacting to a wild moment from the world of sumo wrestling. Japan’s national sport recently returned to London for a five-day Grand Tournament. Not since 1991 have people in ...

In the world of sumo wrestling, one man stands the tallest. And he is not known by many outside Japan. Meet Hakuho Sho, who takes the stage this Sunday in Tokyo On the evening of July 21, 2017, a 6 ft ...

Former yokozuna sumo grand champion Terunofuji, now stablemaster Isegahama, used violence against Hakunofuji, a stable wrestler in the makuuchi top division of professional sumo wrestling, it was ...

It's a scene you would expect to see in Tokyo. But the sound of bare feet padding, and bodies thudding on the mat of a sports hall in Belfast signals an unlikely first - the ancient Japanese tradition ...