When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images The man widely considered to be the ...

2005-01-30 04:00:00 PDT Sao Paulo , Brazil-- Like most Brazilians his age, Leonardo Soares dos Santos loves playing soccer with the kids from his neighborhood. But on Sundays, he prefers to hang out ...

It is difficult not to feel slightly insulted when your editor calls suggesting you should try sumo wrestling. I had hoped such sleights were in my past, several stone ago, but it is a team of elite ...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or ...

It's the first thing most people ask Micheal Herrera when they learn that he likes to sumo-wrestle: "How does it feel to wear that weird diaper?" His answer: The diaper - called a mawashi - "is a ...

Two Strongmen Athletes Just Got Humbled by Sumo Wrestling originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Strongman Eddie Hall is branching out into a new sport: sumo wrestling. Hall has had quite the athletic ...

A small group sits in a windowless Public Theater rehearsal room, but the combination of dramatic taiko drumming, the sight of many of the actors clad only in the traditional mawashi (cloth-belt) ...