He previously worked for Complex Magazine in New York City. A Russian sumo wrestler who was once named the heaviest boy in the world has died at age 21, according to reports. Due to his weight ...

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

Born Serhii Sokolovskyi in Melitopol, southern Ukraine, Shishi started wrestling at a young age and switched to sumo at 15 ... with Melitopol coming under Russian control. As fierce fighting ...

Aonishiki, who is 182cm in height and weighs a relatively modest 136kg, discovered sumo as a boy, practicing judo and ...

The death of a young diabetic sumo wrestler in May has reignited fears ... whereupon he returned to his native Russian Republic of Buryatia and made up his mind to “slim down by any means ...

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

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 ...