OSAKA – Top-division debutant Takerufuji overcame fellow rank-and-file wrestler Gonoyama to claim a historic championship Sunday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. The 24-year-old from Aomori Prefecture compiled a 13-2 …
OSAKA – Top-division debutant Takerufuji’s perfect run at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament came to a thudding halt Thursday at the hands of ozeki Hoshoryu. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira …
Osaka – Top-division debutant Takerufuji maintained the outright lead Sunday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with an impressive victory over former komusubi Ryuden. Fighting as a No. 17 maegashira, …
OSAKA – Ozeki Kirishima’s forgettable run of results continued Saturday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with a loss to third-ranked maegashira Takanosho. The action inside the ring at Edion …
Osaka – Injury-plagued yokozuna Terunofuji withdrew from the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday due to lower back pain and other health problems. The Mongolian-born grand champion lost three straight …
Osaka – Sekiwake Wakamotoharu and komusubi Abi remained the only wrestlers from sumo’s four uppermost ranks to stay unbeaten at 3-0 Tuesday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Wakamotoharu withstood …
Osaka – Following an opening day of upsets, big names continued to fall at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Lone yokozuna Terunofuji and ozeki Hoshoryu opened their accounts, …
Osaka – Terunofuji, sumo’s lone yokozuna, said Monday he will do everything in his power to claim his 10th top-level championship at the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. …