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the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, nicknamed the 'Dump Truck'. Clay for the ring was sourced from a quarry near Heathrow, while backstage toilets had to be stress tested to ensure they would hold ...

Indisputably the heaviest pro wrestler to become a mainstream performer ... He died in his sleep from pulmonary edema. While Yokozuna portrayed a champion sumo wrestler, Akebono was a champion sumo ...

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

When former professional sumo wrestler Ryuichi Yamamoto recently arrived to teach his first class at a Jefferson County jiu jitsu and martial arts studio, one of his prospective students could not ...

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 ...

An intense stare-down between wrestlers. It’s believed salt wards off evil spirits. Sumo wrestling is steeped in tradition and ritual, and watching a match can be a unique cultural experience in Japan ...

Argentina and Japan may be separated by thousands of kilometres of land and ocean, but Hiyori Kon is helping bring the two countries closer through the traditional Japanese sport of sumo.

Micah Parsons just dropped into the world of sumo wrestling and walked away with a win. During his Asia tour with Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud, the Dallas Cowboys star linebacker decided to ...