NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Nashville teenager who captured attention last year as one of the world's best junior sumo wrestlers has added another impressive achievement to his resume. Gabe Tolentino, ...

A version of this scene repeated itself all day in Kyoto last month as 300 wrestlers went at it in bout after bout. This was ...

TOKYO (AP) — Danilo Yavhushyshyn left his native Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago — just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion — and has risen rapidly to stardom in Japan as one of the top sumo wrestlers ...

Japan's elite sumo wrestlers slapped, thrust and flipped their way through the first evening of their five-day exhibition ...

London — Sumo's biggest international showcase in history rocked London this week, spotlighting more than 40 wrestlers across 100 bouts with blistering palm thrusts, stunning face slaps and an ...

The man widely considered to be the greatest sumo wrestler in history has resigned, compounding a bruising few years for Japan's ancient sport. Last week Hakuho Sho left the Japan Sumo Association ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

Dwindling numbers of boys are interested in becoming sumo wrestlers. Aug. 31, 2013— -- Sumo is as Japanese as Mount Fuji or the cherry blossom festival, but the traditional sport is facing ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danilo Yavhushyshyn, known by his Japanese name Aonishiki Arata, leaves a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP ...