Sumo: Title-chasing ozeki Hoshoryu withdraws from New Year meet

Ozeki Hoshoryu pulled out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday as a knee injury prematurely ended his chase for a second championship.The 24-year-old from Mongolia had posted a 10-3 record through Friday at the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan and was scheduled to face yokozuna Terunofuji, one of the three wrestlers leading the title race at 11-2, on Saturday.Terunofuji will win Saturday's bout by default and improve to 12-2, with the two other joint leaders, ozeki Kirishima and sekiwake Kotonowaka, set to face off.Hoshoryu suffered his third defeat of the meet Friday a…READ FULL ARTICLE