Sumo: Hoshoryu beaten, rising Onosato wins to open Autumn meet

Ozeki Hoshoryu fell to an opening-day defeat against No. 1 maegashira Takanosho, while sekiwake Onosato began his ozeki promotion bid with a narrow win at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.In the absence of lone yokozuna and July's Nagoya meet winner Terunofuji, out due to diabetes symptoms and a recurrence of chronic knee pain, ozeki Kotozakura and Hoshoryu are ranked highest at the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, where the latter was an early upset victim.Takanosho, who lost July's championship playoff, forced Hoshoryu on the back foot straight away and drove him from o…READ FULL ARTICLE