Rank-and-file wrestler Kinbozan continued his stunning championship bid at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, ...

Unheralded front-runner Kinbozan maintained his lead Wednesday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a stunning upset against oz ...

“It’s important for us to show our sport to the world,” JSA chairman Hakkaku told reporters at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan, where the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament is currently taking place. “And for ...

In a dramatic come-from-behind victory, ozeki Hoshoryu clinched his second championship on Jan. 26, virtually ensuring his ...

Terunofuji, the lone yokozuna in sumo, retired from the ring on Jan ... to,” Terunofuji said at a news conference at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, with his Isegahama stablemaster.

soken practice session at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Monday, it was hard to avoid reminders that, in the words of Rocky Balboa, “Time is undefeated.” In the first bit of serious sumo ...

ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12. Winner of the Emperor's Cup in the November Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, Kotozakura seeks ...

The 25-year-old Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu has marked a historic achievement by winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament and securing his promotion to ...

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Sumo Association said Sunday that a grand sumo tournament will take place in Paris on June 13-14, 2026. It will be the third such event in the French capital ...