Sumo: Onosato grabs sole lead as fellow yokozuna Hoshoryu takes 2nd loss

Yokozuna Onosato seized the outright lead Friday at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, manhandling sekiwake Wakatakakage to improve to 12-1 after fellow grand champion Hoshoryu suffered his second straight defeat courtesy of ozeki Kotozakura.Coming off his first loss of the 15-day meet to komusubi Aonishiki, Hoshoryu (11-2) was convincingly beaten by Kotozakura (9-4) after gambling for an opening belt hold and being bulldozed over the straw bales by the bigger, heavier ozeki.The back-to-back losses mark a disappointing turnaround for the Mongolian-born yokozuna, who became the sole leader on…READ FULL ARTICLE