Sumo body requests girls' exclusion from another event

The organizer of a spring sumo tour in Gunma Prefecture said Friday the sport's governing body has requested the exclusion of girls from an event for school-aged children, following a similar request made earlier this month.The event in which children join wrestlers on the ring is scheduled for Sunday in the city of Takasaki, north of Tokyo. In sumo, the ring, or dohyo as it is known, is regarded as sacred and women are forbidden from entering.On Thursday, the Japan Sumo Association's public relations chief stablemaster Shibatayama, former yokozuna Onokuni, said the boy-only request was mad…READ FULL ARTICLE