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 ...

Two giants stare each other down before colliding with a dull thud. After years on the sidelines, sumo is back center stage as part of Japan's soft power arsenal overseas. Behind the scenes at the New ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New ozeki Aonishiki won back-to-back championships Sunday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating fourth-ranked maegashira Atamifuji in a tie-breaking playoff. The ...

On the dohyo, the sacred mound of straw, sand, and clay where sumo wrestlers ply their trade, the most unlikely star in the sport goes by Aonishiki.

A man who brought a sumo club to Barnsley has said he hopes to encourage more women to take up the sport. Richard Riggs set up Barnsley Sumo Club in 2024 after "looking for something interesting to do ...

Learn coding in Python, Go and Rust from Serdar Yegulalp, software dev specialist and senior writer at InfoWorld. You might be familiar with how Python and C can work together, by way of projects like ...

Have you ever wondered what makes sumo wrestlers so powerful? The answer lies in exercise, a balanced diet, and 10,000 calories worth of chakonabe. Behind their hulk physique is a carefully calculated ...

On the dohyo, the sacred mound of straw, sand, and clay where sumo wrestlers ply their trade, the most unlikely star in the sport goes by Aonishiki. Though he has only practiced the ancient art of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Hoshoryu rode his luck to stay in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament title race on Wednesday as new ozeki Aonishiki stayed among the leading pack with two defeats after 11 ...

Having tried the centuries-old Japanese discipline out of curiosity, Toraigh (pronounced Tori) Mallon, from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, now trains alongside bulky and beefy men, relying on balance ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from January 19, Day 9 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.