With the ranks of prospective sumo wrestlers thinning out, the Japan Sumo Association is beefing up recruitment by dropping the height and weight requirements from its recruitment test ...

Sumo, Japan's ancient sport wrestling where huge athletes weighing over 40st (265kg) clash in the ring, is facing a health crisis. Wrestlers pulling out from autumn events has reached double ...

Fading public interest and a declining number of wrestlers is weighing heavily on the traditional sport of sumo. However, siblings and relatives of active and past competitors entering the dohyo ...

In sumo, two wrestlers step into a dohyo ... “I’ve always been the kind of person that struggled to put on weight.” He weighs 185 lbs. now, 25 pounds heavier than when he started.

"It is extremely unusual for us to operate special flights due to the weight restrictions on this ... per The Guardian's translation. Sumo wrestlers can weigh two to three times the average ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bulgarian-born wrestler Aoiyama, who reached a career-high ranking of sekiwake, sumo's third-highest rank, will retire from competition, the Japan Sumo Association announced Tuesday.

While playing Sumo Wrestling Simulator, you'll spend a lot of time training your body. You'll eat food to gain weight and train on machines to perfect your muscles to fight back against other sumo ...

Their prestigious sumo club trained wrestlers who went on to join the Grand Sumo - the professional circuit. 01:52 Among the current eighteen members, two of them are women, including Ivanna.

Royce Gracie, UFC legend joins Keyshawn Johnson on the All Facts No Brakes podcast where he recalls a time fighting legendary sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō. Akebono stood at a towering 6 ft ...