One of the more unusual tournaments of recent times gets underway in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sumo returns to the capital for the first time since January, with the intervening six months having seen a spectator-less basho in Osaka, a canceled tournament in May and a long period of enforced restriction on wrestlers' training and movements.
Add to all that the coronavirus related death of 28-year-old veteran Shobushi, and it’s hard to know just what kind of physical or mental condition rikishi will be in when things kick off at the Kokugikan on July 19.
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