SUMO Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu posted a sweet victory over rival Hakuho to win his first title of the year on the final day of the Spring Grand Tournament held in Osaka on Sunday. [THE JAPAN TIMES]

SUMO Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu has pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament due to an arm injury, his stablemaster, Sadogatake, said Monday. [KYODO]

SUMO Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu manhandled komusubi Takekaze to remain in a share of the lead with an unblemished record on the seventh day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday. [KYODO]

SUMO The Japan Sumo Association said Thursday it has decided to suspend from competition three wrestlers indicted for the assault and subsequent death of a 17-year-old junior wrestler last June. [KYODO]

SUMO A total of 900 stablemasters, sumo wrestlers and okamisan, or wives of stablemasters, attended a seminar on doping held by the Japan Sumo Association on Wednesday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Nagoya University has reconfirmed in an autopsy that the death of a 17-year-old sumo wrestler who died last June allegedly due to hazing was caused by shock resulting from multiple trauma, sources close to the matter said Monday. [KYODO]

SUMO The Aichi prefectural police have decided to arrest the former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three sumo wrestlers by early next month, after concluding that their beatings and assaults over two days on a 17-year-old junior wrestler led to his death in June. [YOMIURI]

SUMO The Mongolian yokozuna pair appear to be heading for a climatic rumble at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. [KYODO]

SUMO Top-ranked maegashira Kisenosato played spoiler on Asashoryu’s comeback by handing the Mongolian yokozuna a shock first loss on the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. [KYODO]

SUMO Yokozuna Asashoryu said Monday that he intends to return to his native Mongolia during the year-end and New Year holidays ahead of his scheduled comeback in a tournament next month. [KYODO]

SUMO Yokozuna Asashoryu made clear Thursday he will wrestle in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, saying his fitness level has improved steadily since he suffered a fresh injury. [KYODO]

SUMO Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu returned to the raised- ring Sunday after a two-tournament ban was lifted, participating in the winter regional tour. [KYODO]

SUMO Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu, who was suspended from the previous two tournaments, ended his punishment on Sunday with the conclusion of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. [KYODO]

SUMO Ozeki Chiyotaikai lost his first bout at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, but kept the lead as defending champion Hakuho suffered a big upset to compatriot Ama, falling to 6-2. [ASAHI]

SUMO Ozeki Chiyotaikai overpowered Kakuryu on Saturday to remain in sole possession of the lead at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. [MAINICHI]

SUMO Ozeki Chiyotaikai made mincemeat of rank-and-filer Kakuryu Saturday to remain undefeated in sole possession of the lead while Mongolian grand champion Hakuho stayed hot in pursuit at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. [KYODO]

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]

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]

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]