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Two Strongmen Athletes Just Got Humbled by Sumo Wrestling originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Strongman Eddie Hall is ...
Los Angeles Rams defensive back Quentin Lake is having a blast in Japan. The 26-year-old already met up with Los Angeles Dodgers manage Dave Roberts and now is trying out sumo wrestling and ...
Who is the greatest sumo wrestler of all time? Japan’s six-tournament calendar has produced many dominant rikishi, but only a handful combined sustained ...
Eddie Hall has added another combat sport to his growing list, stepping into the ring for a sumo wrestling bout against ...
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 ...
Chad Rowan, better known as Akebono, who has died of heart failure aged 54, was a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler who in 1993 became the first yokozuna, or grand champion, to have been born outside ...
What does it take to be a sumo wrestler? GQ joins the Tamanoi stable in Tokyo, Japan, to live a day in the life of the rikishi—early rises, relentless training and a 10,000-calorie diet to boot. ----- ...
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. His sparring partner, on the other hand, looks like a ...
Wrestlers perform chirichouzu before competing against each other during the 18th Annual Texas Classic Sumo Tournament at Asia Society Texas Center on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Houston.
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Akebono Taro, the first ever foreign-born sumo wrestler to be named a grand champion, has died of heart failure, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 54.
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Former Sumo Grand Champion Akebono Taro, born Chadwick Haheo Rowan of Waimanolo, dies after long illness at 54. Akebono was known for making history as the first non-Japane… ...