If you're wondering why Hot Springs is hosting an all-star sumo wrestling tournament, it's because of its sister-city relationship with the city of Hanamaki in Japan. The tournament on Friday ...

Ozeki Onosato eased to his ninth straight win at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday as rank-and-file Hakuoho and ...

Sumo Sundays co-founder Kayla Isomura said they first got involved in the sport at the Powell Street Festival, a celebration of Japanese Canadian arts and culture, which has for decades held sumo ...

His first victory was at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March when he was sekiwake, the third-highest rank, and wrestling as Kiribayama. He has a chance to win promotion to yokozuna ...

Winning his first tournament, or basho ... Regardless of the criticisms of Asashoryu's wrestling style, sumo's reputation as a noble sport of tradition has suffered from a number of scandals ...

Ozeki Onosato, right, defeats Takerufuji on the seventh day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 17, 2025, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ozeki Onosato stayed ...

In his childhood, Aonishiki tried wrestling and judo in Ukraine ... Winning the jonokuchi division in the 2023 Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, Aonishiki took the jonidan title during the following ...

He pulled out of an exhibition tournament, saying he was hurt ... Association to apologize to fans and pledge to investigate. Sumo wrestling, which traces it roots back 1,500 years, is struggling ...

On May 1st the Reiwa era started in Japan. Eleven days later, on May 12th, the May grand sumo tournament opened at the center of the sumo universe, the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. All the ...

The fifteen days of the Grand Sumo Tournament ended in Tokyo on May 26. Due to the absence of so many injured top-rankers, the tournament turned into a showcase for new talent. Those who took ...

We spoke with Wade about “vapid LA wannabes,” the Dallas sports stars he’d recruit for a band and the appeal of sumo wrestling ... At Friday’s tournament in McKinney, I saw zero ...