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]

SUMO The Daiki Kameda debacle last week was a welcome–and rare–reminder of why sumo fans still have something to cheer about. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Despite signs of foul play, police did not conduct an autopsy of a sumo wrestler who was later found to have died of injuries suffered in an attack involving a baseball bat, sources said. [ASAHI]

SUMO The chairman of the Japan Sumo Association on Friday visited the home of the bereaved family of a young sumo wrestler who died a day after being beaten by senior wrestlers to apologize for his death. [MAINICHI]

SUMO Several sumo wrestlers who were allegedly involved in assaulting a 17-year-old junior wrestler the day before his death in June reportedly told investigators they had committed the acts under stablemaster Tokitsukaze’s instructions, police sources said. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Although the Japan Sumo Association on Friday fired stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of a junior wrestler from his stable, the association stopped short of elaborating on how the tragedy happened, saying it needs to wait for the results of the police investigation. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Sumo Ozeki Kaio decided to pull out of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, the sixth day of the 15-day competition, due to an injury, his stable master said. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO Yokozuna Asashoryu arrived at Genghis Khan International Airport in Ulan Bator on Wednesday evening on a direct flight from Japan, a day after the Japan Sumo Association gave him permission to return to his home country. [YOMIURI]

SUMO The silly season officially came to an end on Tuesday when the Japan Sumo Association decided to draw a line under its summer scandal. [YOMIURI]

SUMO The Japan Sumo Association has allowed Yokozuna Asashoryu, who was diagnosed with a dissociative disorder after being suspended from two consecutive tournaments, to return to his home country of Mongolia to recuperate. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO Yokozuna Asashoryu is in hot water again, this time for failing to declare approximately 100 million yen in taxable income over a three-year period until 2005, sources close to him said Monday. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO Newly promoted ozeki Kotomitsuki will line up on the west side of sumo’s second-highest rank at the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament after the Japan Sumo Association on Monday released the rankings for the Sept. 9-23 meet. [KYODO]

SUMO The Japan Sumo Association has told yokozuna Asashoryu he will have to meet its board of directors before being allowed to go back to his homeland, it was reported Saturday. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu left his home Wednesday night for the first time since he was suspended from the next two grand sumo tournaments on Aug. 1. [KYODO]

SUMO The head of the Japan Sumo Association said on Thursday that the organization might allow Yokozuna Asashoryu to go home to Mongolia for psychiatric treatment, following his suspension for two tournaments for playing soccer despite claiming he was injured. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO The chief doctor of the Japan Sumo Association medical clinic said Monday that it is preferable for yokozuna Asashoryu to return to Mongolia in order to recover from his current state of emotional breakdown. [KYODO]

SUMO The Japan Sumo Association is set to discuss allowing sumo Yokozuna Asashoryu to return to his home country of Mongolia to recuperate from stress following his suspension, it has emerged. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO “To use a phony medical excuse to get out of taking part in the road trip and then play soccer is outrageous. It’s a failure to carry out his obligation as a yokozuna (grand champion) — an act of betrayal!“ [THE JAPAN TIMES]

SUMO Former sumo Yokozuna Kotozakura, who went on to manage the Sadogatake stable, and raised wrestlers such as the new Ozeki Kotomitsuki and Ozeki Kotooshu, died at a hospital in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO Every sport has its ups and downs. Every sport has its bad boys. Sumo, in as far as it is classified as a sport, is no different. [THE JAPAN TIMES]