Wakanohana suffers 1st loss of New Year sumo tourney

Wakanohana suffers 1st loss of New Year sumo tourney

Yokozuna Wakanohana (R) hits a roadblock Jan. 22 as he lost his 1st bout of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament to sekiwake Musoyama (L). Musoyama went on the attack from the outset, forcing Wakanohana back with a violent arm thrust to the throat shortly after the face-off of the penultimate bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. ==Kyodo

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