This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one ...

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

Viral Sumo Wrestler Reveals How He Lost 100 Pounds in Just 8 Months originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Sumo wrestlers have to eat a ton of food on a daily basis in order to maintain their fighting ...

Japan’s top sumo wrestlers rolled into London’s Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday evening for the start of a five-day tournament to showcase their ancient sport heaving under the weight of tradition, ...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of "yokozuna" — or ...