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.
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