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Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 19, 2019
Hakuho retains top spot with win
Yokozuna Hakuho picked up his ninth win of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, beating rank-and-filer Aoiyama to maintain the sole lead.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 18, 2019
Hakuho stays on track for 43rd title
Yokozuna Hakuho retained his one-win buffer at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament after beating No. 4 maegashira Kotoyuki on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Rikishi Files
Nov 17, 2019
Muscular Chiyonofuji's career bloomed late
For a certain generation of fans there is only one name that comes to mind when discussing the greatest of all time and that name is Chiyonofuji.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 17, 2019
Hakuho easily defeats Tamawashi to stay on top
Hakuho remained alone at the top of the leaderboard after beating Tamawashi at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 16, 2019
Hakuho maintains advantage
Yokozuna Hakuho maintained his sole lead by beating rank-and-filer Takarafuji on Saturday, the seventh day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 15, 2019
Hakuho moves ahead of the pack
Hakuho moved into the outright lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, defeating Meisei to improve to 5-1.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 14, 2019
Shodai handed first tourney loss
Hometown favorite Kotoshogiku picked up his first win of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, defeating previously unbeaten overnight leader Shodai and pulling him back to the pack.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 13, 2019
Hakuho survives Day 4 challenge
Hakuho flexed his yokozuna muscles on Wednesday to stay on the heels of a pair of rank-and-filers in the lead after four days of action at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 12, 2019
Hakuho bounces back from defeat
Yokozuna Hakuho flattened new komusubi Asanoyama on Tuesday to recover from his first loss of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, while a trio of rank-and-filers jumped out into the lead.
Japan Times
SUMO / Rikishi Files
Nov 12, 2019
Baruto overcame obstacles to become ozeki
In early 2004, two massive Estonians moved to Japan to join professional sumo.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 11, 2019
Hakuho defeated on Day 2 as title race blown open
Yokozuna Hakuho suffered his first loss of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, losing to rank-and-filer Daieisho in an undramatic end to Day 2 that leaves the title chase wide open.
Japan Times
SUMO
Nov 11, 2019
Ozeki Goeido pulls out of Kyushu tournament
Ozeki Goeido pulled out of the ongoing Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, citing a left-ankle injury.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 10, 2019
Hakuho makes dominant start to Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament
Yokozuna Hakuho opened the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a convincing win on Sunday as he kicked off his campaign to claim a record-extending 43rd championship.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 10, 2019
Yokozuna Kakuryu pulls out of Kyushu Basho
Yokozuna Kakuryu pulled out of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a lumbar spine injury after hurting his back in practice on Sunday morning, according to his Michinoku stablemaster.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Nov 7, 2019
Sumo injuries pose ever-present issues for wrestlers, rankings
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Japan Times
SUMO
Nov 7, 2019
Emperor's Cup race looks wide open at Kyushu Basho
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2019
'Little Miss Sumo' wrestles with sexism in Japan's ancient sport
A young wrestler dubbed "Little Miss Sumo" is fighting sexism in the ancient Japanese sport, hoping to inspire other women to step into the ring and elevate sumo to Olympic status.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 30, 2019
Unpredictable banzuke adds flavor to sumo
For sports journalists based in Japan's capital, no reminders are needed to know the last of the three annual non-Tokyo tournaments is just around the corner.
Japan Times
SUMO
Oct 28, 2019
Kakuryu sits atop latest rankings
Kakuryu will go into next month's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in pole position as he searches for his seventh career championship, while Takakeisho returns at the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki, according to the latest rankings released by the Japan Sumo Association on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 16, 2019
Slicker production needed for amateur sumo
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Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
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Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
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