World’s Strangest

Sammy Stacey – SCHOOLGIRL thrilled when she became a Sumo Kid star at just 14. The youngster couldn’t believe her luck when she became the first Western girl ever to be invited to join a top sumo school in Japan.But Sammy’s delight soon turned to misery when her sumo teachers began to force-feed her — [...]

The track and field events of 100 m dash, long jump, high jump, and shot put can get kind of boring after a while. But how should they be improved? How about with a sumo suit? The people behind the Sumo Suit Athletics World Championships (motto: “slower, lower, weaker!”) aim to liberate these events from elitist [...]