Japan hopes for new boxing medals in Tokyo so the pressure is on, but one 25-year-old boxer took time out of his Olympic dreams to repair...
By beating Takakeisho in a playoff, the 29-year-old Mongolian could be promoted to sumo’s highest rank for the July tournament in Nagoya.
The tragedy of the young athlete’s death gives the Japan Sumo Association an opportunity to bring the sport’s safety procedures up to the highest standards of...
Yudai Ono’s pitching excellence has kept the Chunichi Dragons in the headlines during the Nippon Professional Baseball team’s so-so season. The second-place Dragons...
~~ Perseverance paid off for former ozeki Terunofuji. The former ozeki, who has contemplated retirement in recent years, earned his first title since 2015 on Sunday,...
For the July Grand Sumo Tournament, fans will be permitted to sit in the stands at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The announcement, made on Monday, July 13...
Fourth-division sandanme division wrestler Shobushi, who had been battling the coronavirus since April, passed away on Wednesday, May 13. He was 28. The Takadagawa...
Despite the frequency of sumo tournaments, the atmosphere is different for every event, determined by its location and the wrestlers who fight. When special guests...
The 76-year-old Paul McCartney visited Japan in the second week of November — his seventh time — to deliver yet again an awe-inspiring...
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