They're getting through 70kg of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, sumo returns to London on Wednesday. It's just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held outside of ...

Fans warned of flying fighters, sand showers and no safety barriers SUMO fans have been warned they could be squashed by massive wrestlers flying out of the ring — as the sport returns to the UK for ...

They're getting through 70 kilograms of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, Sumo returns to London on Wednesday. It's just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

In a spectacle blending sport and ritual, more than 40 elite sumo wrestlers from Japan have touched down in London today as the city prepares to host the Grand Sumo Tournament — only the second time ...

London's Royal Albert Hall has swapped violins for loincloths this week as 40 sumo wrestlers take part in the city's first Grand Sumo Tournament in 34 years. The five-day event marks the Japan Sumo ...

A sumo wrestler showed his pint-pouring skills behind the bar in The George, Fitzrovia (Picture: Reuters) When they are not inside a dohyō with their mawashi on, the participants of the Grand Sumo ...

Kinbozan lifts Midorifuji during day one of The Grand Sumo Tournament Ryan Pierse/Getty Images It was a sight to behold. A sell-out crowd, many of whom had travelled from all over Europe to witness ...

Sumo wrestlers have been spotted getting into black cabs and riding hire bikes as London hosts only the second ever professional sumo wrestling event held outside Japan. The Grand Sumo Tournament is ...

The ring sits in the centre of the hall, with a temple roof suspended above it, and a round LED screen above that There are not many sports that can keep an audience enraptured through 45 minutes of ...

Giant sumo wrestlers have been spotted sightseeing as London prepares to host the second-ever professional sumo wrestling event held outside Japan. Some of the wrestlers (rikishi) took the opportunity ...

Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...