LONDON (AP) — Sumo wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to London’s Royal Albert Hall. It marks only the second time the ...

Good news for any aspiring sumo wrestlers who are on the shorter side: height and weight no longer matter. The Japan Sumo Association announced in late September that potential sumo wrestlers would no ...

Japan's top sumo wrestlers will roll into London's Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday evening for the start of a five-day ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of yokozuna — or grand ...

Happy days are here again for Japan's traditional sport, with overseas fans packing sumo arenas, turning the centuries-old ritual into a must-see global spectacle. Riding this wave of popularity, the ...

Hawaiian-born Akebono was the first foreigner to win the highest ranking in Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling. He died in Tokyo this month, age 54. Sumo wrestling fans are mourning a former ...

Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from ...