Promotion-seeking sekiwake Kotonowaka retained sole possession of first place Wednesday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as he comfortably took care of rank-and-file opponent Oho.The 26-year-old Kotonowaka (10-1) inched closer to both a maiden Emperor's Cup and the 13 wins needed to meet the unofficial ozeki promotion benchmark of 33 wins over three consecutive meets as a sekiwake or komusubi.Lone yokozuna Terunofuji and both healthy ozeki, Kirishima and Hoshoryu, stayed in title contention on the second rung of the leaderboard by improving to 9-2 on Day 11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.In a ba…READ FULL ARTICLE
