TOKYO - Hoshoryu needed a rematch and his fellow yokozuna Onosato walked on thin ice, but the pair did enough to join the top of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament leaderboard on Saturday after No. 12 maegashira Abi fell to his first loss.
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