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Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 26, 2021
Takayasu falls to Wakatakakage as Terunofuji ties for lead
Takayasu could have taken a giant stride toward his maiden title with a win but he was handed a damaging blow instead by Wakatakakage.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 25, 2021
Takayasu overcomes dangerous Hokutofuji to protect one-win lead on Day 12
Takayasu was determined to avoid joining sekiwake Takanosho, and two ozeki, Takakeisho and Shodai, in losing to No. 2 maegashira Hokutofuji.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 24, 2021
Takayasu's lead cut to one after loss on Day 11
The tournament leader is now one win ahead of three wrestlers with 8-3 records — ozeki Asanoyama, sekiwake Terunofuji, and No. 8 maegashira Tobizaru.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 23, 2021
Takayasu extends lead following Day 10 win over Takekeisho
The komusubi, who has not lost since the opening day of the Spring Basho, maintained his two-win lead as he hunts for his first Emperor's Cup.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 22, 2021
Takayasu remains alone atop standings at Spring Basho
Takayasu (8-1) secured a winning record on Day 9 of the 15-day meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan after comfortably beating No. 1 maegashira Onosho (2-7).
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 21, 2021
Patient Takayasu takes sole lead of spring tournament
The komusubi used mind games and endurance to tire out sekiwake opponent Terunofuji before forcing him over the straw and improving to 7-1.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 20, 2021
Terunofuji stays in lead pack as Asanoyama goes down on Day 7
Terunofuji moved within four wins of his second promotion to the second-highest rank of ozeki, a position he last held in 2017.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 19, 2021
Giant killer Hokutofuji brings down high-flying Myogiryu
Coming off two straight wins against ozeki opponents, the No. 2 maegashira pulled Myogiryu back into the lead pack of six wrestlers with 5-1 records.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 18, 2021
Myogiryu grabs tournament lead as Terunofuji suffers first loss at Spring Basho
Veteran No. 4 maegashira Myogiryu remained unbeaten after the fifth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday to take the sole lead in the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 17, 2021
Promotion-seeking Terunofuji improves to 4-0 at Spring Basho
Sekiwake Terunofuji continued his march toward an ozeki promotion Wednesday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 16, 2021
Takakeisho upset on Day 3 as Hakuho withdrawal dominates news
The departure of the tournament's lone yokozuna once again leaves the sport's three ozeki, who all ended Tuesday with 2-1 records, as the tournament's top headliners.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 16, 2021
Hakuho pulls out of spring meet, will miss two months after surgery
The decision by the 44-time winner will leave yet another grand tournament without a yokozuna following Kakuryu's decision to pull out late last week.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 15, 2021
Hakuho cruises to 2-0 at Spring Grand Sumo Tournament
After a tough battle with komusubi Daieisho to start the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, Hakuho cruised through the final bout of Day 2.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 14, 2021
Yokozuna Hakuho ends long layoff with narrow win at Spring Basho
In his first bout since July, the 44-time tournament champion recorded a close victory over komusubi Daieisho as the annual March meet kicked off at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
SUMO
Mar 13, 2021
Twenty-eight lower-ranked wrestlers to miss Spring Basho due to virus
The Japan Sumo Association said Saturday a total of 28 wrestlers, all from outside the top two divisions, will miss the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament starting this weekend after a pair of coaches tested positive for the coronavirus.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 12, 2021
Hakuho eyes makuuchi milestone while Asanoyama seeks chance of promotion at Spring Basho
The tournament, which was relocated from Osaka to Tokyo to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections, will be the first to feature a yokozuna since July.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 11, 2021
Yokozuna Kakuryu may miss fifth straight tournament due to injury
Injury-plagued yokozuna Kakuryu may have to withdraw from a fifth straight meet, this one being the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, because of a left leg injury, his stablemaster Michinoku said Thursday.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 3, 2021
Hakuho Cup may allow Hakuho to leave indelible mark on sumo from outside ring
With the release of the banzuke (rankings) for the upcoming spring meet, yokozuna Hakuho becomes just the second man in sumo history to reach 100 tournaments in the top division.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 3, 2021
Yokozuna Kakuryu plans to compete this month after missing three straight tournaments
Yokozuna Kakuryu, a six-time Emperor's Cup winner whose career is on the line after withdrawing from four straight tournaments, said Wednesday he will compete in the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 1, 2021
January champion Daieisho back among sumo's elite for March Basho
It will be his first time in sumo's three sanyaku ranks below yokozuna since he went 5-10 as a sekiwake in September.
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