The first sumo matches were rituals dedicated to the gods ... In the early 17th Century professional sumo wrestlers, or rikishi, to give them their common name, travelled around Japan bringing ...

After calling time on his sumo wrestling career, Akebono had a brief spell in kickboxing and MMA, following which he switched ...

Each performer is a former professional sumo wrestler, but their practices ... in a comical performance called Shokkiri. The ...

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...

Fewer newcomers than 2021 came only at the time a match-rigging scandal came to ... with the aim of drawing its graduates into the professional sumo world in the future. Finishing his stellar ...

posting clips and reactions to professional matches as they happened. They received a message from Justin Kizzart, who runs Dark Circle Sumo in Austin, inviting them to drive down to his space and ...

John Gunning, the sumo correspondent of The Japan Times recently wrote: 'In 2024, it's incongruous to see professional sumo wrestlers still wolfing down large meals that are high in sodium and ...

Then evidence of match-fixing emerged in sumo's second ... 6 o'clock in the morning training." There are six professional sumo tournaments a year, all held in Japan. Promotion through the ranks ...

Ushio and the small sumo club climbs its way to the top! The goal is Hinoshita Kaisan, a title for the highest rank in professional sumo, equivalent of Yokozuna.

Disappearance of SUMO-modified Mdm2, which is observed upon radiation, may thus be a prerequisite for DNA-damage-induced accumulation of p53. Figure 2: Destructive pathways: SUMOylation of Mdm2 ...