Dark horse Kotoshoho overpowered fellow championship contender Aonishiki to win the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a 13-2 ...

Joint overnight leader Kotoshoho stunned yokozuna Onosato at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday to remain tied for ...

"Seeing a sumo wrestler who probably weighs over 130 kilos performing perfect reps on the ab wheel is pretty damn impressive, and it goes to show that training your core directly should be a non ...

But the last two weeks of the tournament have likely felt more somber than exciting following the recent news that legendary sumo wrestler Kitanofuji passed away. He was 82 years old.

"If limitations exist in skeletal dimensions, fat-free mass (FFM) might have an upper limit. To explore the upper limit to FFM, 37 professional Japanese Sumo wrestlers, 14 highly trained ...

Sumo wrestlers lined up before a match during the Empire Cup, on May 17 in Brooklyn. The New York Sumo Club has grown steadily since its inception, even accounting for hiccups, Mr. Dolan said.

Ukrainian athlete Oksana Livach has become the European champion in the women's 50 kg wrestling category. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company ...

One wrestler's ascendance is seen as a "chance to increase the sport's popularity", and distance it from its controversies. Sumo may have its "smiling 30-stone champion": Onosato.

For a sumo wrestler, Takahiro Chino is a flyweight: He tips the scales at 88 kilos (194 pounds) and is 1.75 meters (5 feet 8 inches) tall.

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato holds up fish as he celebrates after the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP/Getty ...