Washington Times

More than 600 women practice amateur sumo wrestling in Japan despite professional exclusion

Don’t miss the full story, whose reporting from Reeno Hashimoto and Koji Ueda at The Associated Press is the basis of this AI-assisted article. While professional sumo wrestling in Japan ...

Rituals, evil spirits, and sumo wrestlers on Lime bikes: Japan’s national sport comes to London

As professional sumo is held outside of Japan for just the second time ever, Alex Pattle reports on a transportive night of ...
insidethegames.biz

Women's sumo booms in USA

The recent Japan Venus Sumo festival in Tachikawa highlighted the sport's domestic popularity while focusing attention on the ...

Why is the Grand Sumo Tournament being held in London?

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains what sumo wrestling is, why they eat up to 10,000 calories a day and why the Grand ...
The Gazette

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women ...

Sumo wrestling makes comeback at Royal Albert Hall

The world’s most prestigious sumo tournament will be held in Britain for the first time since 1991. The Grand Sumo Tournament ...