TOKYO - Hoshoryu needed a rematch and his fellow yokozuna Onosato walked on thin ice, but the pair did enough to join the top of the New YearGrandSumoTournament leaderboard on Saturday after No. 12 maegashira Abi fell to his first loss ... The No ... No.
TOKYO - Former sekiwake Abi took sole ownership of first place at the New YearGrandSumoTournament with a perfect 6-0 record Friday after joint overnight leader Oshoma suffered his first loss of the 15-day competition ... No ... 1 Ichiyamamoto (1-5) ... ....
TOKYO - Injury-hampered yokozuna Onosato survived a close call against former sekiwake Takanosho to improve to 4-1 at the New YearGrandSumoTournament on Thursday ... 3 maegashira ... 3 maegashira Hakunofuji (3-2) ... ....
TOKYO - Rising talent Yoshinofuji shocked five-time Emperor's Cup winner Onosato to claim back-to-back victories over yokozuna at the New YearGrandSumoTournament on Wednesday ... "I was just moving naturally, and it worked out," Yoshinofuji said ... ....
1 maegashira Yoshinofuji handed yokozuna Hoshoryu his first defeat Tuesday at the New YearGrandSumoTournament, on a day that saw the ringside judges called into action in a number of bouts featuring the top-ranked wrestlers ... ....
TOKYO - Japanese Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi is planning to skip the award ceremony for the winning sumo wrestler at the New Year's tournament, as the ring is traditionally off-limits to women, a government source said Monday.
TOKYO - Ukrainian star Aonishiki survived a scare to continue his perfect start at the second-highest rank of ozeki as the two yokozuna and two ozeki all recorded wins at the New YearGrandSumoTournament on Monday ... Hoshoryu (2-0) overcame No ... No ... ....
TOKYO - Set to make his debut as a ranked wrestler at the New YearGrandSumoTournament starting Sunday, Mongolian rookie Asahifuji is already drawing attention thanks to his illustrious ring name and impressive performances in practice.
The fish, weighing 243 kgs, was so massive that four people were needed to lift it, and it has now set a new benchmark in the history of the annual tuna bidding war ....