SUMO Former sumo-wrestler and Takasago stable coach, Takasago, said Monday that Mongolion grand champion Asashoryu, who was diagnosed with acute stress last week, will soon be scheduled for another psychiatric examination to determine his condition.

SUMO Sumo grand champion Asashoryu, the toughest guy in Japan’s toughest sport, is said to be on the brink of a nervous breakdown, holed up in his apartment fighting back tears and begging to go home to his native Mongolia. [SPORTS ILLUSTRATED]

SUMO Stressed-out grand champion Asashoryu is set to see a psychiatrist to help cope with his tattered mental state after he was handed a severe punishment of suspension from two grand sumo tournaments, sumo sources said Saturday. [KYODO]

SUMO The Japan Sumo Association on Wednesday suspended Yokozuna Asashoryu for two upcoming tournaments after he played in a charity soccer game in Mongolia despite having sat out a regional sumo tour in Japan after claiming to be injured. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO Japan Sumo Association officials made a unanimous decision to promote Sekiwake Kotomitsuki to the rank of ozeki on Wednesday, marking the first time since the 2006 spring tournament that a wrestler has been given the rank. [MSN MAINICHI]

SUMO Grand champion Asashoryu downed newly promoted yokozuna Hakuho to win his 21st Emperor’s Cup on Sunday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. [AP]

SUMO Sekiwake Kotomitsuki rendered a decisive blow against Hakuho to take sole possession of the lead Tuesday, sending the newly promoted grand champion to his first defeat at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. [KYODO]

SUMO The day was different but the results were the same: yokozuna Hakuho and sekiwake Kotomitsuki retained their share of the lead with wins on Thursday, the fifth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. [YOMIURI]

SUMO Yokozuna Hakuho manhandled rank-and-filer Takekaze to remain in a share of the lead with sekiwake Kotomitsuki, while grand champion Asashoryu had a lucky break at the Nagoya grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday. [KYODO]

SUMO Newly-promoted Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho will be looking to pull sumo out of the doldrums and prove his elevation to sumo’s top rank was no fluke when the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament kicks off this weekend. [KYODO]

SUMO The Japan Sumo Association (Nihon Sumo Kyoukai) announced Sunday that not a single soul has applied for their announced physical examination for aspiring Sumo wrestlers at Nagoya Basho, and will therefore cancel their scheduled Monday examination.

SUMO A 17-year-old sumo wrestler abruptly died Tuesday after practicing “keiko” exercise in the Tokitsukaze stable to which he belonged, sources familiar with the matter said. [KYODO]