Yokozuna Hoshoryu maintained his spotless record and the outright lead Monday at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament following a narrow escape against July meet winner Kotoshoho.The Mongolian-born grand champion improved to 9-0 to remain one win ahead of fellow yokozuna Onosato and 11th-ranked maegashira Shodai at 8-1 on Day 9 of the 15-day tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena.No. 5 maegashira Kotoshoho, coming off a surprise championship at the previous grand tournament in Nagoya, made a strong start in the day's penultimate bout as he won the initial clash and pushed Hoshoryu back t…READ FULL ARTICLE
