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JAPAN
Aug 26, 2010

Sumo hopes to keep stablemasters in touch with iPads

High school girls may make rapidly tapping out messages on a cell phone look like child's play, but for sumo wrestlers — with fingers too large to hit a single key at a time — grappling with standard handsets is a gargantuan task.
Reader Mail
Jul 11, 2010

Why are sumo fans punished?

Regarding the July 7 article "Nagoya Basho 2010 — a tournament that will live in infamy": It is unfair to overseas fans of sumo for NHK not to televise the Nagoya Basho (except to recap daily highlights). I am an older lady who takes much pleasure in watching each basho on television. It is appropriate...
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2010

Sumo punishment meted out

The Japan Sumo Association in an extraordinary executive meeting on Sunday decided to punish wrestlers and stablemasters involved in illegal gambling on professional baseball games. It fired the two central figures in the gambling scandal — ozeki Kotomituski and stablemaster Otake. Kotomituski will...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 16, 2010

What should sumo's disgraced yokozuna Asashoryu do next?

Reader Mail
Jul 2, 2009

Luring homegrown sumo talent

Regarding the June 24 article "Sumo world's foreigners on rise, roll with punches": Tell me how shoving sand into a wrestler's mouth builds character, strength and stamina. And for a change of pace, we are expected to believe that pushing salt past the lips builds more virtuous qualities.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 8, 2008

Who can steal the limelight from the Mongolian princes of sumo?

A little over a week ago, the Nihon Sumo Kyokai announced its rankings for the upcoming Haru Basho in Osaka.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2007

Wrestler's death leads sumo to probe training

may face criminal charges of manslaughter.
SUMO
Sep 19, 2006

Yokozuna Asa, Ama tied for lead at Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu won a heated brawl with Russian top maegashira Roho Monday to maintain his share of the lead with countryman Ama at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO
Feb 27, 2006

NHK Sumo - Yea or Nay?

NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, is this week expected to make an announcement that will, in part, give either a thumbs up or a thumbs down to the continuation of their English language coverage of sumo tournaments.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 27, 2005

Three-day sumo tourney set for Las Vegas

The Japan Sumo Association will stage a three-day tournament in Las Vegas in October to help celebrate the city's 100th anniversary.
SUMO
Feb 12, 2004

American sumo wrestler Sentoryu retires

American wrestler Sentoryu formally stepped down from sumo's raised ring Wednesday in a retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
SUMO
Sep 26, 2003

Sumo ends 'official withdrawal' system

The Japan Sumo Association decided Thursday to abolish its "official withdrawal" system for wrestlers, starting from January's New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.
SUMO
Apr 22, 2003

Sumo tour to S. Korea postponed

The Japan Sumo Association announced Monday that it has postponed its first-ever tour to South Korea this summer due to fears over the spread of the deadly SARS virus.
SUMO
Mar 14, 2003

Sumo can be a nightmare

Nearly half of the sumo wrestlers examined in a study suffered from sleep disorders that apparently made them weaker in the ring, a researcher said Wednesday.

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