Terunofuji took the first step toward a third-straight championship by defeating komusubi Daieisho in a dogged effort on Sunday, the opening day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.In the day's final bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, Terunofuji, coming off the first 15-0 record of his career in November, was under pressure from the get-go. But regardless of what Daieisho threw at him, the yokozuna kept his cool and eventually got the better of an exchange of throat shoves and slaps.Daieisho knocked the yokozuna back on the initial charge, latched onto Terunofuji's extended right a…READ FULL ARTICLE
