Sumo wrestlers are looking forward to showing off their sport and technique as World Championship Sumo debuts Jan. 30 at the ...

Upon his return from a trip to Japan, photographer Michael Harlan Turkell wanted to find a way to bring Sumo to New York City. Turkell partnered with Harry Rosenblum, owner of The Brooklyn Kitchen, a ...

CITY HEIGHTSCITY HEIGHTS — The opponents square off just outside the ring, east versus west. They bend in a respectful bow and step into the circle, meeting at the center before crouching to their ...

At Madison Square Garden, New Yorkers got a rare look at an ancient Japanese sport, cheering and booing as though they were watching a Yankees game. A pared-down format of sumo wrestling was on ...

President Trump is expected to attend a sumo match during his visit to Japan next month. Preparations are being made for Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe to attend the final day of the two ...

At the beginning of a sumo match, a referee announces this to the two competitors, before they crouch opposite each other and touch both their fists to the mat. The sumo match does not begin until all ...

TOKYO – The two sumo wrestlers, 785 pounds of flesh between them, paused as the American president walked in from the corner of the ring waving, clapping and pointing to the crowd, who stood to ...

“Ura! It’s Ura!” Up in the nosebleed seats of Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo’s packed-to-the-gills sumo arena, I’m cheering for my favorite wrestler with a skewer of grilled chicken. It’s not that I’m ...

President Donald Trump attended a sumo wrestling match during his visit to Japan Sunday. He awarded the "United States President's Cup," which Japan made up just for his visit, to the victor of a ...

Two UFC titans faced off in an unconventional way. Former title challenger and knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson battled it out against top heavyweight contender Curtis “Razor” Blaydes in a ...

Tama-nishiki weighs 300 lb., wears his hair curled in a knot on top of his head, dresses in a 15-lb. fringed apron and an enormous belt made of twisted straw and paper streamers, looks as if he were ...