TOKYO (AP) — Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the ...

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When former professional sumo wrestler Ryuichi Yamamoto recently arrived to teach his first class at a Jefferson County jiu jitsu and martial arts studio, one of his prospective students could not ...

Akebono was the first of seven overseas-born wrestlers to scale sumo's pinnacle in March 1993 before being joined by his fellow Hawaiian-born grappler Musashimaru in 1999. The powerful pair locked ...

As the national sport of Japan, sumo wrestling has a long and intricate history. The sport involves wrestlers, called rikishi, attempting to force each other out of a circular ring or make their ...

With more than 1,500 years of history, sumo wrestling is one of Japan’s oldest and most sacred sports. But in recent years, it has been facing lower enrolment and a high attrition rate.

When traveling to Japan with Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons engaged in a sumo match. On social media, the couple teased competing against each other ...

Sumo wrestling may be in the future for Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons. The three-time Pro Bowler went toe-to-toe with a sumo wrestler during his tour of Asia with Houston Texans ...