Article: Arrests in wrestler's death bring calls to reform sport 17-year-old died day after sparring practice SUMO

Article: Big blow for sumo.
7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates);  September 9, 2008 ;     296 words ......yesterday as head of the country's sumo association as two more Russian wrestlers were...Kitanoumi resigned as head of the Japan Sumo Association after the scandal reached his stable...volition because I have troubled the Sumo Association and its fans. I must reflect deeply...

Article: Sumo chief resigns as scandals hit.
Aljazeera.net;  September 8, 2008 ;     387 words ......PM The head of Japan's sumo association resigned after a young...caused trouble to the sumo association and to fans, so I have...chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), said on Monday...

Article: Newly appointed sumo association chairman, Musasigawa (C), speaks...
Getty Images;  September 8, 2008 ;     107 words ...Newly appointed sumo association chairman, Musasigawa (C), speaks...JPG (1182 KB) Newly appointed sumo association chairman, Musasigawa (C), speaks...and the head of the country's sumo association, resigned from his position...

Article: Poll: Majority sumo fans support ban on women in ring
AP Worldstream;  February 8, 2006 ;     333 words ......a survey commissioned by the Japan Sumo Association and released Wednesday. The 2,000...Since her election in 2000, the Japan Sumo Association has banned Ota from presenting the...the prohibition should be scrapped Sumo Association officials were not immediately available...

Article: Banned sumo set to appeal.
Aljazeera.net;  September 12, 2008 ;     376 words ......wrestler banned for life by the Japan Sumo Association for marijuana possession is suing...sumo wrestler in the association. The sumo association played its first-ever lifetime ban...Gagloev said he first appealed to the sumo association to be reinstated, but was told that...

Article: Ex-Sumo Star Claims Proof of Bout-RiggingCrucial Tape to Be Unveiled This Week
International Herald Tribune;  February 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ......in 1989 at a secret meeting of the Sumo Association, the sport's governing body. Itai...the magazine authenticated and the Sumo Association has not disputed, proved that the...before the latest revelations, the Sumo Association threatened Itai with a lawsuit for...

Article: Sumo squashes women's push for equal rights
The Independent - London;  March 5, 2000 ;     690 words ......the sport's ruling body, the Japan Sumo Association, prevailed on Ms Ota to respect its...main object of women's anger is the Sumo Association. "They argue that it's about tradition...Association should change the bad ones." The Sumo Association denies sexism. "We're protecting a...

Article: Sumo Whistleblower Says He's on a 'Mission'Vantage Point
International Herald Tribune;  February 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ......struggling restaurant, to punish the Sumo Association for denying him the opportunity to...had never once demanded money.The Sumo Association, which employs and sanctions wrestlers...fixing.'' To die-hard sumo fans and the Sumo Association, Itai is an unlikely apostle. Since...

Article: At sumo's summit, an American It's official: Highest rank in Japan's sacred sport is conferred on a foreigner
The Boston Globe;  January 28, 1993 ;     700+ words ......dream. A messenger from the Japan Sumo Association, the quasi-governmental governing...community on Oahu. Directors of the Sumo Association, which voted yesterday to proclaim...attaining this supreme rank," said Sumo Association president Tomotaka Dewanoumi. "But...

Article: Sumo wrestlers face weighty new issues
Charleston Daily Mail;  April 28, 1999 ;     327 words ......necessary. Ayako Suzuki, of the Japan Sumo Association, said today the first fat test will...of an elevated clay ring. While the sumo association officially lists 70 winning moves...height was 5-foot 11, according to the sumo association. Today, the average wrestler is just...

Article: Sumo Hunkers Down for Another Year of Scandal and Controversy
International Herald Tribune;  November 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ......back in January, the head of the Sumo Association vowed to make the final year of the...rightist extremists laid siege to the Sumo Association's headquarters and the ''stables...sport. This year, for instance, the Sumo Association started selling tickets by telephone...

Article: Sumo Shaking Off Tarnished Image
International Herald Tribune;  May 12, 2000 ;     562 words ......organizations that were picketing Sumo Association headquarters demanding a deeper investigation...Meanwhile, Japan's nationalists have the Sumo Association in their sights. For now, they have...groups are in negotiations with the Sumo Association over resolving their difference of...

Article: US exports have Japanese on mat Hawaiian wins 3d sumo championship
The Boston Globe;  January 25, 1993 ;     700+ words ......Dewanoumi, president of the Japan Sumo Association, told reporters recently. By claiming...including top officials of the Japan Sumo Association, governing body of the sport -- who...promotion for reasons that remain unclear. Sumo Association officials muttered vaguely that he...

Article: WHAT A BIG BABY.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  May 21, 2008 ;     18 words ...A RUSSIAN sumo wrestler is the latest to be told off by the Japan Sumo Association for throwing a tantrum after losing.