Katrina Watts stumbled across the ancient sport while living in Japan, and became known for photographing competitors and ...

The West Coast Regional Training Center, site of weekly wrestling clinics and training sessions, was closed to the public last month after nearly a decade.

Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki described the mounting pressure surrounding his bid for promotion to yokozuna, the highest rank, ...

This feature explores what it takes to prepare meals for a 600-pound sumo wrestler in active training. At the center of the ...

The rules of Japan’s national sport are relatively straightforward: two rikishi—literally, “strong men”—face each other near the center of the ring, crouched on their haunches, like plus-size ...

Sumo and Sushi makes its San Diego debut at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Friday. (Photo by Aubrie LeGault) It’s up to you whether the delicacy or the sport takes precedence when Sumo and Sushi comes to San ...

A Ukrainian-born grappler is on the cusp of making history in Japan’s national sport of sumo, as he trains intensely for a ...

Sweat darkened the white "dohyo" ring mat as Ireland's first female sumo wrestler shoved and strained, learning a freshly-discovered sport. Having tried the centuries-old Japanese discipline out of ...

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 ...

You’re gonna want sumo this. Two Big Apple-bred sumo wrestlers will take part in the sport’s world championships held in the suburbs for the first time — and each of them said their love lives have ...