Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...

Mark Jones, who will compete in a sumo tournament in Japan Oct. 8, trains at Derbyshire Park in Daytona Beach. Another sumo wrestler, Cornelius Booker, stands to his right.

Theo, a nine-year-old child from Australia, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama in the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2023.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...

The Mongolia-born Hakuho was earlier sanctioned by the Japan Sumo Association, accused of failing to control the behavior of a wrestler in his so-called stable, the term used for a training team ...

Colorado State got a one-of-a-kind commit on Tuesday when sumo wrestler Hidetora Hanada in Japan announced his commitment to the Rams.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top-ranked sumo wrestler Hakuho has been released from hospital after being treated for a coronavirus infection, Japanese sports daily Sports Hochi reported on Thursday.

Sumo wrestler Hidetora Hanada catches on quick as he learns to be a defensive lineman for Colorado State Back in Japan, the 6-foot-1, 280-pound Hanada rose to the highest amateur ranks of sumo ...

This “yokozuna-class,” or sumo grand champion, burger consists of Burger King’s signature all-beef patties, four slices each ...

Since arriving in Japan, the wrestler now known as Osunaarashi has done remarkably well, compiling a 45-7 record and winning two titles in the junior divisions.

Positive pot tests part of first drug scandal in sumo's 2,000-year history. Sept. 2, 2008 — -- Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana use in Japan less than a month after a ...

For the first time in a decade, a Japan-born sumo wrestler is celebrating victory in one of the Japan Sumo Association's six major tournaments.