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 ...

This month's ECOWAS wrestling tournament, however, marked the first time that the annual showdown featured a women's division. Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out ...

From her early training in judo to becoming a trailblazer for women in sumo wrestling, Hetal's story is a testament to the ...

Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out their arms towards each other, searching for a grip ...

02/14/2025 February 14, 2025 Traditionally, Sumo is exclusively practiced by men. In Grand – Sumo, women are not even allowed to step inside the dohyo, or holy ring. Twenty-year-old Rio Hasegawa ...

"Women know how to fight ... Traditional West African wrestling -- and the gargantuan, sometimes sumo-like men who step into the ring -- captivates audiences across the region, from stadiums ...

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.

The Royal Albert Hall hosted sumo wrestling in 1991, but hasn't done so since. Image: Chris Christodoulou The last (and only) time that a sumo wrestling Grand Tournament took place outside of ...

With the aim of having the sport included in the Olympics, World Women's Sumo Championships as well as World Sumo Championship have also ... and osteophyte formation and disc space narrowing of C5/6 ...

When opportunities for female sumo wrestlers were scarce in Japan, Hiyori Kon decided to bring her country’s sport to as far as Argentina. While promoting the ancient Japanese sport in the South ...

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 ...

Her research deepened when she returned to America, with the added unique perspective of being a woman—and therefore traditionally excluded from sumo training spaces. She references Meryl Streep’s ...