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Over the years, the brothers have trained with professional Japanese sumo wrestlers and instructors, gaining the strength and technical skills most amateurs don’t have.

TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Red-faced, the two sumo wrestlers crashed together, grappling their way around the raised earthen ring until one pushed the other over the side. A typical scene in Japan's ...

Wrestlers face off ahead of a professional bout. Scroll through the gallery to see more images from David Sharabani's new book "Sumo," which he published under the name Lord K2.

Wrestling under the name Osunaarashi, which translates as 'Great Sandstorm,' the 21-year-old Abdelrahman Ahmed Shalan is the first professional sumo wrestler from the African continent. Being an ...

Sumo wrestling comes to Broadway this weekend as three world-class wrestlers hit the ring at PlayStation Theater in a centuries-old Japanese show of brute strength and litheness for Sumo + Sushi. A… ...

Pro wrestler and sumo wrestler Akebono Taro has sadly passed away at the age of 54. The former AJPW and NJPW star had been battling heart issues, and reports in Japan have claimed that he died of ...

Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history.

What is the main reason Israeli sumo trainee Yarden Yatkovski cannot become a professional sumo wrestler in Japan?

Professional sumo wrestling isn’t an option for them — a fact that has brought the sport to a cultural crossroads. Despite a surge of female wrestlers getting into the ring as amateurs, ...

Japanese professional sumo wrestling has lost its first athlete to COVID-19. The Japanese Sumo Association announced that Shobushi, whose real name was Kiyotaka Suetake, died on Wednesday of ...