Sumo columnist James Hardy once bemoaned the difficulty of doing daily tournament reports, saying, ¡°There are only so many ways to write A pushed out B.¡±

With yokozuna Hakuho wrapping up his 42nd championship last Sunday, I¡¯m beginning to feel the same way about describing the Mongolian¡¯s titles.

Victory in the final basho of the Heisei era means Hakuho now has ten Emperor¡¯s Cups more than the legendary Taiho.