Sumo: Lone yokozuna Terunofuji to miss Autumn meet with back injury

Yokozuna Terunofuji will skip the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament due to a nagging back injury, his stable said Friday, leaving the 15-day competition without a wrestler at the sport's highest rank.The tournament, opening Sunday at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, will be the second meet in a row that the sole grand champion has sat out because of lumbar disc herniation and other concerns.The 31-year-old Terunofuji, who was forced out of action on Day 4 of the July tournament, has been unable to train without pain.His stablemaster Isegahama said the Mongolian-born yokozuna decided to skip the Septem…READ FULL ARTICLE