Sumo wrestlers are most often defined by their incredible size, with some of the most famous competing at weights of over 400 ...

Grand Sumo tournament is kicking off in Tokyo today and one ex-sumo wrestler has really been turning heads ahead of the start ...

There are always a handful of head-scratching promotions and demotions, and the latest banzuke is no exception.

In 2007, a young sumo wrestler died from severe beatings by his stablemaster and fellow wrestlers acting under the oyakata’s instructions. The tragedy was made worse by deliberate attempts to ...

(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus. But the 330-lbs Mongolian, sumo's most successful ever grand champion, has not been able to rise above the scandals and ...

Panic over COVID-19 has also hurt the company. Consumption of the oil crashed due to restrictions on practices by sumo wrestlers as well as the cancellation of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May.

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- For the first time sumo wrestling's governing body can recall, one of its revered athletes has been nabbed for drug possession. Police arrested 335-pound Soslan Aleksandrovich ...