Struggling yokozuna Hoshoryu on Thursday pulled out from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, where he had slumped to a 1-3 record, after being diagnosed with bruising and a sprain to his left big toe requiring one month of recovery.The Mongolian-born grand champion becomes only the third wrestler to withdraw from two of his first three tournaments as yokozuna since the current format of six meets per year was introduced in 1958, joining Asashio and Kisenosato.According to his stablemaster Tatsunami, Hoshoryu exacerbated an existing big toe injury during his loss to Aonishiki on the third day …READ FULL ARTICLE
