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SPRING GRAND SUMO TOURNAMENT

Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 22, 2016
Kisenosato now 10-0
Kisenosato took another step toward his first career championship, while fellow ozeki Kotoshogiku's promotion hopes were all but dashed at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 21, 2016
Yokozuna Hakuho apologizes for reckless act after warning
Yokozuna Hakuho has been warned over a full-blooded shove that sent a defeated opponent flying from the ring, causing serious injury to a ringside judge.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 20, 2016
Unbeaten Kisenosato alone atop standings
Kisenosato continued to steal the spotlight on Sunday, when he won a battle of unbeatens to take the sole lead after eight days of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 19, 2016
Kisenosato moves to 7-0
Ozeki Kisenosato maintained his perfect record with a convincing win over No. 2 maegashira Okinoumi on Saturday, staying in the lead alongside No. 4 maegashira Ikioi after the seventh day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 18, 2016
Kisenosato still perfect
Veteran ozeki Kisenosato stayed in pole position for his first career championship by maintaining his perfect record on Friday, the sixth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 17, 2016
Okinoumi ends Kotoshogiku's unbeaten start at Spring Basho
Kotoshogiku's quest to reach the ultimate rank of yokozuna took a hit with shock first defeat at the hands of second-ranked maegashira Okinoumi on Thursday, the fifth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 15, 2016
Kotoshogiku displays strength in victory
Ozeki Kotoshogiku, pursuing a second straight championship and promotion to yokozuna, improved to 3-0 on Tuesday, the third day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 14, 2016
Kotoshogiku plows on with promotion push
Ozeki Kotoshogiku's drive for his second straight championship and promotion to yokozuna continued at full speed Monday, beating Yoshikaze on the second day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 13, 2016
Kotoshogiku starts strong as Hakuho falters on opening day
Kotoshogiku made the perfect start in his bid for back-to-back championships and a promotion to yokozuna on Sunday with a comfortable opening-day win over Takayasu at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 11, 2016
Kotoshogiku aiming to prove staying power at Spring Basho
Ozeki Kotoshogiku will be out to prove his first Emperor's Cup win in January was no fluke when the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament begins on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Feb 29, 2016
Kotoshogiku guns for promotion
The Japan Sumo Association announced the rankings for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, and ozeki Kotoshogiku will aim to become the first homegrown yokozuna in 18 years when he returns to the prestigious east side.
SUMO
Feb 2, 2016
Terunofuji to enter Spring Basho
Ozeki Terunofuji, who pulled out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a broken right collar bone and damaged meniscus in his left knee, said Tuesday he will return to the ring for the Spring Basho in March.
SUMO
Mar 23, 2015
Exultant Hakuho brushes aside controversy over remarks
A night after extending his own record for career championships with his 34th, yokozuna Hakuho on Monday brushed aside talk concerning his apparent icy relationship with the judging committee that came in the wake of his critical remarks in January.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 21, 2015
Terunofuji takes title bid to final day
Yokozuna Hakuho and sekiwake Terunofuji both won Saturday to take the title race down to the final day at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 20, 2015
Terunofuji puts end to Hakuho's perfect run
Terunofuji sentenced Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho to a shock first defeat at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday to keep his title hopes alive with two days of the 15-day basho remaining.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 19, 2015
Jeter meets Hakuho, other sumo wrestlers
Retired New York Yankees star Derek Jeter took the sumo world by storm on Thursday, when he took in the action at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament iand met some of the wrestlers afterward.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 19, 2015
Hakuho still unbeaten
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho knocked ozeki Kotoshogiku out of the park to move within one win of his 34th career title at the Spring Sumo Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday.
SUMO
Mar 17, 2015
Ailing Endo awaits knee surgery
Popular wrestler Endo, who withdrew during the ongoing Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with a serious left-knee injury, will likely have an operation on his damaged meniscus, his stable elder Oitekaze said Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 17, 2015
Hakuho triumphs again
Yokozuna Hakuho walloped rank-and-filer Takekaze to remain undefeated as he continued to close in on his 34th career Emperor's Cup at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 16, 2015
Hakuho takes further step toward spring title
Yokozuna Hakuho demolished Aoiyama in a sumo clinic to remain steady on course for his sixth consecutive championship at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
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