New Japan Cup is down to four wrestlers. The tournament quarterfinals took place today in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Shingo Takagi ...

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

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is one of Washington’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than 1.5 million ...

The boxing fraternity turns its head to Tokyo, Japan, as two of the country's finest warriors, Kenshiro Teraji and Seigo Yuri ...

The Japanese ex-sumo known as Gocchanko – real name Kodai ... “Then all of a sudden we started the match and it was over before I knew it,” Callan said. “At first he was gentle and I ...

A street-fighting star who’s been a hit on Melbourne’s streets found himself grappling with the city’s hefty bureaucracy.

WWE had great wrestlers with incredible finishers during the New Generation Era in the 1990s. The following are the best ...

Sumo, deeply rooted in Japanese culture, also draws betting interest. Its appeal lies in its simplicity. With only two wrestlers in each match, outcomes seem straightforward, yet upsets are common.

It’s believed salt wards off evil spirits. Sumo wrestling is steeped in tradition and ritual, and watching a match can be a unique cultural experience in Japan. Here are a few of the most important ...

Newspapers covered the big matches with fervor, and star rikishi became household names. At first glance, Milwaukee’s rowdy wrestling scene and Japan’s stately sumo tradition could not appear more ...

In this paper, we look for evidence of corruption in an unlikely place: the highest echelons of Japanese sumo wrestling. This paper provides strong statistical evidence documenting match rigging in ...