SUMO Yokozuna Hakuho continued to shrug off his first-day loss at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, throwing down top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama for his second win after three days of action. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Hakuho’s loss to Kotoshogiku on Sunday was his 10th first-day defeat in 21 makuuchi division tournaments going back to Summer 2004. [YOMIURI]

BASEBALL Hirokazu Ibata hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning as the Japan Series champion Chunichi Dragons edged the Korean Series winner SK Wyverns 6-5 in the Asia Series final on Sunday. [KYODO]

SPORTS Tax authorities have ordered many foreigners involved in the fields of professional sport and entertainment to pay consumption tax due on such payments as prize money and television appearance fees they have earned in Japan. [YOMIURI]

BASEBALL Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was Friday named one of the winners of the Silver Slugger awards given to the best player in each position based on votes by managers and coaches. [KYODO]

SOCCER Brazilian striker Bare scored a second-half brace as Gamba Osaka kept their J-League title hopes aflicker with a 2-0 win over visiting JEF United Chiba on Saturday. [KYODO]

BASEBALL Korean teenager Kim Kwang Hyun made history Thursday when he became the first pitcher to beat a Japan Series champ in Konami Cup play. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu will return to Japan from his homeland on Nov. 26, the day after the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament wraps up in Fukuoka, sumo sources said Thursday [KYODO]

BASEBALL Now that the Chunichi Dragons finally have a championship to call their own, it’s time for them to defend Japan’s Asia Series title when the third edition of the Konami Cup begins today at Tokyo Dome. [YOMIURI]

SOCCER Kawasaki Frontale’s club doctor filed Monday with the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency seeking nullification of the J-League’s punishment of striker Kazuki Ganaha, who received an intravenous injection from the doctor after a practice session in April. [KYODO]

SOCCER Defender Michihiro Yasuda emerged the hero with the first goal of his professional career as Gamba Osaka defeated Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 to win the Nabisco Cup on Saturday. [KYODO]

SOCCER Winning the Nabisco Cup is a little like taking the title of Miss Photogenic at a beauty pageant. It’s a consolation prize the victor may temporarily go gaga over, but one the rest of the world will struggle to recall who won in a week’s time. [ASAHI]

SPORTS Money rankings leader Momoko Ueda shot the day’s low round with a 5-under 67 to share the lead with England’s Laura Davies after the second round of the Mizuno Classic on Saturday. [BREITBART]

BASEBALL The viewer ratings for the live broadcast of the Japan Series Thursday night hit 44.4 percent in Nagoya, when Chunichi Dragons players threw manager Hiromichi Ochiai in the air in celebration of the club’s victory, ratings company Video Research Ltd. said. [MAINICHI]

BASEBALL Chunichi’s 53-year journey through a wilderness of frustrating finishes could end tonight. [YOMIURI]

TENNIS Shingo Kunieda achieved the Grand Slam of wheelchair tennis’ four major tournaments when he won the U.S. Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships on Sept. 23. [YOMIURI]

BASEBALL The defending champion Nippon Ham Fighters’ struggle continued into Game 3 in the Japan Series, with the offense lacking timely hitting and pitchers still battling control problems. [KYODO]

SPORTS For Mizuki Noguchi, the road to Beijing and an unprecedented second straight Olympic marathon gold will begin in Tokyo. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Hakuho’s sideways promotion to East-ranked yokozuna was the highlight of a low-key banzuke released Monday ahead of next month’s Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. [YOMIURI]

SUMO The sumo banzuke for the November Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka was released Monday containing the first blank space on the ranking chart in 134 years caused by an uproar over a young wrestler’s suspicious death, sumo officials said. [MAINICHI]