Sumo: Yokozuna Hoshoryu pulls out, keeps Kirishima in title contention

NAGOYA - Yokozuna Hoshoryu pulled out of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday, its penultimate day, handing ozeki Kirishima a win by default that kept him in title contention.

Back from a right hamstring injury that ruled him out of most of May's Summer meet, Hoshoryu had gone 7-6 in the 15-day tournament at IG Arena in Nagoya before deciding to withdraw for the fourth time in nine meets as a grand champion.