Sumo: Komusubi Takayasu out of autumn meet, takes losing record

Komusubi Takayasu pulled out of the ongoing Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament due to a right hip injury on Thursday, meaning he will forfeit his 12th-day bout and will take a losing record from the 15-day meet.The 31-year-old Japan-born wrestler who represents the Tagonoura stable in sumo's fourth-highest rank, the lowest sanyaku, will likely lose his sanyaku status and fall from the three ranks below yokozuna.Takayasu struggled to get up and was brought a wheelchair when he was shoved out of the ring and handed his seventh loss by yokozuna Terunofuji in their bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan o…READ FULL ARTICLE