Friday, March 9, 2007

Sumo association rattles sabre at weekly

›
The Yomiuri Shimbun Starting from today, The Daily Yomiuri will periodically carry translations taken from monthly magazine Ozumo, which is ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Hawai'i sumo champion still a big hit

›
Hawai'i's 6-foot-3, 500-pound Musashimaru dwarfs 5-foot, 94-pound Lyubov Denisova, the 2006 Honolulu Marathon winner. Even now, m...
Friday, February 9, 2007

Sumo has bigger problems than bribery to worry about

›
Accusations of bribery are as old as the ancient sport of sumo itself, though in the past proponents were much more open about bouts being f...
Saturday, February 3, 2007

Local rugby players set for annual memorial game

›
Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter As coach of the Top League's newest team, Mitsubishi Juko, Scott Pierce is not going to get...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Sumo's colossus in probe on match-fixing By Julian Ryall in Tokyo

›
The man who bestrides the sumo world like a colossus has been implicated in match-fixing claims that are rocking Japan's national sport....
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Behind the Curtain - March 2007

›
As the curtain rises at the only tourney in Osaka each year, we will see 3 men step out from behind the curtain, one of which is new to wear...
Monday, January 22, 2007

The Gareth MacFadyen Cup

›
The Gareth MacFadyen Cup , more commonly known as the GM Cup is a local derby-style memorial Rugby footballrugby match contested on an ann...