Newly promoted yokozuna Hoshoryu continued to struggle Monday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, falling to No. 4 maegashira Ichiyamamoto for his second straight loss to a rank-and-file opponent.The Mongolian grand champion, who lost a day earlier to the other No. 4 maegashira, Takayasu, slumped to 5-4 on Day 9 of the 15-day meet at Edion Arena Osaka.Takayasu, meanwhile, kept thriving against top-ranked opponents, beating demotion-threatened "kadoban" ozeki Kotozakura to remain tied for the lead with ozeki Onosato at 8-1. The other overnight leader, No. 14 maegashira Churanoumi, dropped t…READ FULL ARTICLE
