World media on Thursday devoted considerable coverage to the controversy surrounding a sumo referee's decision to order female medics out of a competition ring -- a male-only space -- while they were performing first aid on a local mayor who had suffered a stroke.In an article headlined "Women barred from sumo ring, even to save a man's life," the New York Times said, "Sumo's discriminatory practices came under new scrutiny."During an exhibition match Wednesday in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, a nurse rushed onto the ring to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a city mayor who collapse…READ FULL ARTICLE
