Animal rights groups will greet the Al Mawashi vessel when it docks at East London harbour today and document “animal exploitation”. In East London, Ban Animal Trading South Africa will ...

However, it is best - and less confusing - to stick to the fighting name. The mawashi is the belt that covers the rikishi's groin area. It is made of silk and measures ten yards long by two feet wide.

Oft-injured yokozuna Kakuryu has retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association announced on March 24. Born in Mongolia, Kakuryu, 35, won six Emperor’s Cups, but has been noticeably absent ...

Sumo wrestling is the national sport of Japan. It’s an ancient sport that involves two wrestlers trying to push each other ...

Honda's mawashi (loincloth) flew open, thus "exposing him," if only briefly. As proof, she also mentioned that the consumer had a video tape of the footage in question. Among her other questions ...

The senior wrestler also hit their buttocks with a mawashi (sumo belt) tied into the shape of a log as well as brought a flame close to their bodies by igniting insecticide spray. It was also ...