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Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 15, 2015
Hakuho, Kakuryu raise marks to 4-0
Terunofuji outmuscled Takayasu to extend the perfect start to his ozeki debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 14, 2015
Terunofuji still unbeaten
Terunofuji continued to show he belongs as ozeki by posting his third win in as many days at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 13, 2015
Terunofuji holds off Ikioi to stay unbeaten
Terunofuji rolled to his second win as ozeki with victory over third-ranked maegashira Ikioi at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 11, 2015
Terunofuji takes spotlight entering Nagoya tournament
Newly promoted ozeki Terunofuji will be out to prove his stunning championship victory in May was no fluke when the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament gets underway on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jun 29, 2015
Terunofuji poised for ozeki debut in Nagoya
Mongolian Terunofuji formally took his place among sumo's elite ranks on Monday, when he was named to fight as an ozeki in the official rankings for the upcoming 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jun 20, 2015
Ex-ozeki Takanonami, 43, dies of cardiac failure
Former ozeki Takanonami died at the age of 43 of acute cardiac failure at a hotel in Osaka on Saturday, a Japan Sumo Association official said.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 27, 2015
Terunofuji could be sumo's next yokozuna
On the back of his first ever Emperor's Cup victory on Sunday, Wednesday morning saw sekiwake Terunofuji promoted to sumo's second rank of ozeki.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 27, 2015
Terunofuji promoted to ozeki after victory
Summer Grand Sumo Tournament champion Terunofuji was promoted to sumo's second highest rank of ozeki on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 24, 2015
Sekiwake Terunofuji wins title after Hakuho stumbles
Sekiwake Terunofuji defeated Aoiyama and captured his first career title at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, thanks in part to a late meltdown by yokozuna and fellow Mongolian Hakuho.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 22, 2015
Hakuho takes sole lead
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho came roaring back from a shock defeat to beat ozeki Kotoshogiku on Friday and seize sole possession of the lead at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with two rounds of bouts remaining.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 21, 2015
Hakuho, Kaisei lose, remain tied for lead
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho squandered the chance to seize sole possession of the lead with a shock defeat to ozeki Goeido at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 19, 2015
Hakuho remains on path for another title
Yokozuna Hakuho stayed in the lead two-thirds of the way through the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, making quick work of No. 4 maegashira Tokushoryu on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 17, 2015
Hakuho gets breather due to foe's withdrawal
Idle Hakuho was gifted a seventh win and fellow Mongolian yokozuna Harumafuji also stayed in the leading pack after barging out Ichinojo at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 16, 2015
Yokozuna rivals tied for top spot
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and Harumafuji both emerged unscathed on a day of upsets in the upper ranks Saturday to stay tied for the lead heading into the second week of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 14, 2015
Yokozuna rivals stay in hunt for tourney title
The yokozuna duo of Harumafuji and Hakuho remained one win back of the leaders on Thursday, the fifth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 13, 2015
Sadanoumi beats Harumafuji in do-over bout, hands yokozuna first loss of tournament
Yokozuna Harumafuji got the judges' marching order for a do-over, then lost to rank-and-filer Sadanoumi, who sent him to his first defeat on the fourth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 12, 2015
Nine tied for early lead
Yokozuna Hakuho shot down Tochinoshin to keep his eyes firmly on the prize on the third day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 10, 2015
Hakuho suffers loss on tourney's first day
Yokozuna Hakuho was sent to a shock defeat at the hands of big man Ichinojo on the opening day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 7, 2015
Injured yokozuna Kakuryu to miss entire Summer Basho
Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu will sit out the entire Summer Grand Sumo Tournament getting under way in Tokyo on Sunday as his injured left shoulder has yet to fully heal, his stablemaster Izutsu said Thursday.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Apr 29, 2015
Hakuho out for No. 35, Henderson out just to survive
When the 2015 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament gets under way on May 10 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, for the first time in just over three years, Hakuho's dominance over fellow yokozuna Harumafuji and Kakuryu will not be the hot topic on the lips of sumo fans the world over.
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