An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the ... "I want to act properly as a yokozuna and do my best," he said. Around 3,500 fans arrived at the Meiji Shine in Tokyo to see the 25-year ...

Just like the Japanese sport it's inspired by, the new off-Broadway play is part ritual, part athletic spectacle.

Read reviews for The Public Theater and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s New York premiere of SUMO, a new play written by Lisa Sanaye ...

Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and ...

He always had a major handicap as a sumo wrestler because he found it difficult ... the example of Kitaharima who continued to do his best even after falling to sandanme. One opponent Kitaharima ...

“Sumo,” a new play by Lisa Sanaye Dring about the Japanese wrestling sport, naturally has a certain exoticism given the cultural specificity of its subject. But it’s also a classic behind ...

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 ...

The best implement for grating ginger is a solid ... This is plenty to feed four hungry diners (or one or two sumo wrestlers). If you have an unexpected guest or two, simply cook more vegetables.

Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s mesmerizing new drama, SUMO. Akio arrives as an angry, ambitious 18-year-old with a lot to learn.

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the ... "I want to act properly as a yokozuna and do my best," he said. AFP/ Getty Images A yokozuna cannot be demoted and is expected to retire ...