Sumo wrestlers are looking forward to showing off their sport and technique as World Championship Sumo debuts Jan. 30 at the ...

The Japan Sumo Association lists 82 different ways to win a bout. These winning techniques are called kimarite and the applicable one is announced in the arena immediately following each fight. There ...

With a random Google search for "sumo near me," Brandon Rudzinski, 29, of Rochester Hills, went from staring at sumo documentaries to staring down his opponent a few weeks after learning of a Grand ...

In Japan, sailor suit school uniforms denote youthfulness and innocence, but there’s plenty of strength behind the image too. Take the gun-slinging schoolgirl from the 1981 movie "Sailor Suit and ...

At 5-foot-3 and 135 pounds, Michael Greenberg was the lightest sumo competitor at the 14th annual U.S. Sumo Open on Sept. 20 — by a lot. But according to the young Jew from Long Beach, his svelte ...

LONG BEACH – Sliding her feet pressed flat into the mat, sumo gold medalist Jenelle Hamilton held her palms open to the sky. She thrust her open hands upward as she squatted low, tackling an invisible ...

We asked creative leaders from across the region choose the work they expect (or hope) to see winning at Cannes Lions this year. See all this year's Cannes contenders. Amongst the young, Sumo ...

The combatants crouched low opposite each other, like linemen on the gridiron. Frank Peña pounded his fists into the red and blue mat. Across from him, newcomer Abel Gonzalez slammed his fists into ...

In Long Beach recently, 70 men and 15 women from more than a dozen countries participated in a sport that isn't commonly associated with Southern California: sumo wrestling. The US Sumo Open has grown ...

The students of the engineering college, IIT Mumbai ranked amongst the top 10 in India, are bringing down sumo wrestling for the first time in the country. After bringing in a mass hypnotist, street ...