A referee had to halt a sumo match to protect the modesty of a wrestler at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night. The London venue is hosting the Grand Sumo Tournament – only the second elite five-day ...

In Brooklyn, a reporter witnessed the sport of sumo wrestling in action. By Aimee Ortiz Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism ...

For the next 24 hours, I’ll be training with two of the world’s heaviest sumo wrestlers- Yama and Rami - alongside Igor Voitenko. With just five hours of training, we’ll step into the ring for a full ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buckingham Palace shared a series of photos from the couple’s five-day visit to the East Asian country. The lead image shows the ...

Japanese Education and Sport Minister Yoshiaki Takaki, pictured, who oversees the sumo industry, says the head of the Japan Sumo Association has informed his ministry that three wrestlers had ...

JJ Jones never made it to the sumo wrestling tournament in 2007, but the flyer for the tournament stayed on his wall and served as inspiration for him to pursue sumo wrestling a few years later.

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...