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Sumo: Sole yokozuna Terunofuji to skip Osaka tournament

Kyodo 10 Mar 2023

Lone yokozuna Terunofuji decided Friday to sit out the impending Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in order to continue his recovery from knee surgery ... File hoto shows sumo grand champion Terunofuji performing a ceremonial ring-entering ritual at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on April 3, 2022.

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Sumo: Yokozuna Terunofuji to miss New Year tourney

Kyodo 06 Jan 2023

Terunofuji ... Grand champion Terunofuji decided Friday to miss the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tournament to focus on making a full recovery from surgery to both knees last October.

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Sumo: Injured grand champion Terunofuji to miss Kyushu tourney

Kyodo 11 Nov 2022

Yokozuna Terunofuji's withdrawal from the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament was confirmed Friday, less than a month after he underwent endoscopic surgery on both knees ... Yokozuna Terunofuji tries his hand at boccia in Tokyo.

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Sumo: Yokozuna Terunofuji tries his hand at boccia in Tokyo

Kyodo 05 Oct 2022

Terunofuji, currently sumo's sole yokozuna, found parallels on Wednesday between his world and the precision ball sport of boccia, played by people with serious disabilities. Terunofuji battled through surgeries on both knees to reach sumo's pinnacle in what might be his sport's greatest comeback story.

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Sumo: Terunofuji out of Autumn meet with injuries to both knees

Kyodo 20 Sep 2022

Yokozuna Terunofuji pulled out of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday after suffering injuries to both his knees, with the sport's lone top-ranked wrestler requiring three weeks to recover ... It is the second time in seven meets Terunofuji has withdrawn since winning promotion to the sport's highest rank ahead of the 2021 Autumn meet.

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Sumo: Tamawashi, Hokutofuji stay perfect as Terunofuji falls again

Kyodo 16 Sep 2022

8 Hokutofuji remained unbeaten through six days at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, when yokozuna Terunofuji suffered his third defeat ... Following Thursday's defeat to Tamawashi, Terunofuji (3-3) was forced out by No ... Terunofuji kept his distance from the stocky trickster and his physical superiority gave the grand champion the edge.

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Sumo: Unbeaten Tamawashi hands Terunofuji 2nd defeat

Kyodo 15 Sep 2022

3 maegashira Tamawashi handed yokozuna Terunofuji his second defeat at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, and joined No ... Tamawashi, who had defeated Terunofuji in three straight meets before losing in July in Nagoya, landed fierce blows to the yokozuna's throat with both hands in the day's final bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Sumo: Yokozuna Terunofuji survives scrape to remain 1 win back

Kyodo 14 Sep 2022

Sole yokozuna Terunofuji's poise was on full display as he battled back from a poor start on Wednesday to earn his third win and remain one back of the leaders on the fourth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament ... 2 maegashira Meisei twice got around the yokozuna's left side only for Terunofuji to spin out of his grasp and certain defeat.

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Sumo: Yokozuna Terunofuji bounces back from 1st defeat in Tokyo

Kyodo 13 Sep 2022

Sole yokozuna Terunofuji earned a solid win on Tuesday, the third day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament a day after an upset defeat knocked him from the leading group ... Kotonowaka (1-2) tried to slip away and outflank the yokozuna, but Terunofuji kept his opponent squarely in front of him and shoved him out.

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Sumo: Tobizaru pushes and thrusts to upset win over Terunofuji

Kyodo 12 Sep 2022

Rank-and-file grappler Tobizaru outmaneuvered lone yokozuna Terunofuji at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, adeptly using a pushing and thrusting strategy to pull off the upset ... 1 maegashira Tobizaru (1-1) kept Terunofuji (1-1) at arm's length with a series of well-directed blows before forcing him out.

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Sumo: Patient Terunofuji grinds out opening-day win over Kiribayama

Kyodo 11 Sep 2022

Sole yokozuna Terunofuji withstood a grueling battle against komusubi Kiribayama to make a winning start to the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday ... Bidding for his eighth Emperor's Cup, Terunofuji kept his composure as he forced out his fellow Mongolian-born wrestler in an entertaining final bout on the opening day of the 15-day meet.

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Sumo: Ichinojo wins first Emperor's Cup following loss by Terunofuji

Kyodo 24 Jul 2022

Ichinojo claimed his maiden Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, winning his final match against fellow rank-and-filer Ura before the joint overnight leader, lone yokozuna Terunofuji, lost to ozeki Takakeisho ... I felt relieved that things were already determined (by Terunofuji's loss).".

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Sumo: Terunofuji, Ichinojo remain tied for lead after Day 14 losses

Kyodo 23 Jul 2022

Overnight leaders Terunofuji and Ichinojo both suffered underwhelming defeats at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday and will head into the final day deadlocked at 11-3. Mongolian-born grand champion Terunofuji took a controversial loss against ozeki Shodai, while No.

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Sumo: Terunofuji, Ichinojo continue to lead at COVID-hit Nagoya meet

Kyodo 22 Jul 2022

A wave of seven more coronavirus withdrawals hit the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, when yokozuna Terunofuji easily wrapped up his 11th win to remain in the lead with No ... In the final bout of the 13th day at Dolphins Arena, Terunofuji shrugged off sekiwake Wakatakakage's opening belt hold and thrust him from the ring to his sixth defeat.

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Sumo: Terunofuji, Ichinojo remain on top in Nagoya

Kyodo 21 Jul 2022

Yokozuna Terunofuji showed his power and No ... On the 12th day of the 15-day meet at Dolphins Arena, Terunofuji brooked no nonsense from Daieisho (6-6), wrapping up the sekiwake's arms on the charge and then rocking him out of the ring with strong shoves to his shoulders.