Ann put me in touch with the club’s founder, Oscar Dolan, who shared with me his journey to sumo wrestling. He detailed the ...

Scandals and high-profile resignations of former stars have 'sullied' image of Japan's national sport – but could its latest ...

I’ll be training with two of the world’s heaviest sumo wrestlers- Yama and Rami - alongside Igor Voitenko. With just five hours of training, we’ll step into the ring for a full sumo match to see if we ...

DETROW: Mihara is a veteran sumo wrestling play-by-play announcer for ... finesse and stamina that win matches. MIHARA: So as far as who wins a match and who loses a match, there's nothing lost ...

dirt ring. Since this usually takes less than a minute and Japanese wrestling matches last all day, most of the time is devoted to ceremonies in which sumo is the richest pastime in the world.

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...

I enjoyed the two-hour event, but the wrestling match seemed staged and scripted as both wrestlers periodically smiled at each other. And there were three rounds, with each sumo wrestler winning ...

Sumo wrestling was the highlight of their trip ... and prepared for the match. They learned about Japanese culture Sumo originated as a ritual dance to entertain the gods at shrine festivals.