Women's sumo took a major step forward this past weekend with the holding of the inaugural Girls High School Sumo National Championships in Tachikawa in western Tokyo. Kanazawa Gakuin University ...

Sumo wrestling from Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: square off with an opponent, in a ring lined with sand, then try to push the other ...

Yamanaka had consulted with the manager of a sumo club at Hotoku Gakuen Senior High School in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, where he graduated. Through the club, arrangements were made for Danya ...

When Lisa Sanaye Dring was growing up in Hawaii, she occasionally saw sumo wrestling on television at home. “I thought it was cool,” she recalls, “but I wasn’t moved by it.” Then in 2013 ...

Many in sumo were impressed that he came to Japan just after the earthquake, ... High Schools. Softball state tournament: Champlin Park completes run to Class 4A title. High Schools.

At just 16 years old, Zhariyah Whittington is now one of the best sumo wrestlers in the county. This fall, she is competing in the world championship in Japan.

Mark Jones is a long way from the sumo ring he fashioned out of pool noodles on a patch of grass at Derbyshire Park in Daytona Beach. Jones, a sumo champion, traveled to Japan Saturday and will ...

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Last week Hakuho Sho left the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), the sport's governing body, the latest in a series of resignations among yokozuna, the highest-ranking wrestlers. Now, only four of the ...

Rob O'Neill has set up his own sumo wrestling club in Aylesbury - now he's off to compete at the World Championships.

Mark Jones, a former Spruce Creek football player, will compete in the amateur sumo championship in Japan. From Derbyshire Park to Japan: Sumo wrestler to compete in Tokyo Skip to main content ...