TOKYO — Call it the red carpet treatment for large, lumbering men 300 pounds and up. In bright robes and slippers, their hair gathered back in tight, elegant buns, the giant ones arrive, glaring at ...

President Donald Trump will be ringside Sunday for Tokyo's big sumo tournament, but if he hopes his longtime love of US-style professional wrestling will give him special insight into the action, he ...

Mark Jones is a long way from the sumo ring he fashioned out of pool noodles on a patch of grass at Derbyshire Park in Daytona Beach. Jones, a sumo champion, traveled to Japan Saturday and will ...

While sumo wrestling might look a sport where the athletes aren’t so athletic, the looks can be deceiving. We went deep to find out their secrets. “Most people don’t understand that sumo wrestlers are ...

A female mayor at the centre of a fierce debate over allowing women into the sumo ring vowed Thursday never to back down as she lodged a formal protest. "I won't give up this time around... I'm ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious approach to gender issues. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting ...

“Sumo,” a new play by Lisa Sanaye Dring about the Japanese wrestling sport, naturally has a certain exoticism given the cultural specificity of its subject. But it’s also a classic behind-the-scenes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Jones is a long way from the sumo ring he fashioned out of pool noodles on a patch of grass at Derbyshire Park in Daytona ...