Rank-and-file wrestler Takayasu seized the outright lead in a top-of-the-table battle with ozeki Onosato on Tuesday at the ...

Debuting yokozuna Hoshoryu pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday after suffering injuries to his right ...

Hoshoryu already has a pair of titles to his name, and is coming off perhaps the most impressive eight-bout stretch of his ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's highest rank.

The July grand sumo tournament was held from July 7th to the 21st at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya. All eyes were on Yokozuna grand champion Hakuho who returned to action after sitting ...

FUKUOKA--Ozeki Kirishima captured his second career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament here Nov. 26, putting the Mongolian national in line for a shot at grand champion in the next ...

FUKUOKA--Ozeki Kotozakura won his first Emperor’s Cup, besting fellow ozeki Hoshoryu on Nov. 24 on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Both ozeki entered ...

Newly promoted Yokozuna Hoshoryu has lost his first bout in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. Our site uses cookies and other technologies to give you the best possible experience. By using ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...