Stateside athletes hope to popularize sport in its adopted country. Jan. 29, 2008 — -- Most people associate sumo wrestling almost exclusively with Japan, where the sport originated and top ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

The two hulking men squatted on the balls of their feet, facing each other in the fighting ring. They rubbed their hands together to symbolize washing before battle, clapped once to alert the gods ...

TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Akebono, an American-born sumo wrestler who became the first non-Japanese grand champion or "yokozuna", died of heart failure this month in Tokyo, the sumo association said ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Andrew Roden has quite the resume. He's closing in on a PHD in psychology, and he's a champion Sumo wrestler. Yes, he's a Sumo wrestler. “Everyone thinks it’s only in ...

Manny Yarbrough is big in Japan. In fact, he is big everywhere. At 6 feet 8 inches tall and 740 pounds, the 39-year-old African-American sumo wrestler is not easily mistaken for someone else walking ...

At Madison Square Garden, New Yorkers got a rare look at an ancient Japanese sport, cheering and booing as though they were watching a Yankees game. A pared-down format of sumo wrestling was on ...

As Pride Month gets underway around the world, the United States Sumo Federation (USSF) has become the latest battleground in the ongoing fight for equality and access for LGBTQ people. At the heart ...

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As Musashimaru, the champion sumo wrestler, lumbers slowly into the room, his translator scrambles to grab two thick cushions and place them atop the thick cushion that is already on the couch.

TOKYO (AP) — 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” — ...