Women’s sumo wrestling has a long cultural history, but it was established as an official sport only about 20 years ago, with the first national championship held in 1997.

In professional sumo -- an ancient sport still steeped in centuries of male-centric, Japanese tradition -- women aren't even allowed near the dohyo (competition ring) let alone in it.

Two top females are growing the sport while disproving stereotypes of what wrestlers should look like.

If the phrase "sumo wrestler" calls to mind a hefty Asian man in a loincloth, Valeria and Diana Dall'Olio, a mother-daughter sumo wrestling team from Brazil, have a message: think again. The Dall ...

The Japan Sumo Association apologized after an official ordered women to leave a sumo-wrestling ring where they were giving first aid to a man with a brain hemorrhage.

Switzerland crowned its king of wrestling Sunday at its triennial traditional folk sport festival, with the winner outl ...

O S A K A, Japan, Oct. 11 -- In Japan, sumo wrestling is almost sacred. Steeped in tradition, sumo has long been the ultimate old-boys club — a sport dominated by larger-than-life men, a realm ...

Sumo wrestling has historically been an all-male sport. Now, these women are breaking down barriers and getting in the ring.

Ahead of professional sumo's highly anticipated return to Europe, the release of the September rankings confirms who will be ...

Sumo wrestling has taken Mongolia by storm. Its male wrestlers have reached the peak of the sport in Japan, from where it originates, and in recent years, more and more women have been entering ...

A sumo-wrestling referee ordered several women out of the ring on Wednesday, despite their attempt to give first-aid treatment to the mayor of Maizuru City in Kyoto Prefecture who had collapsed ...