Injury-plagued grand champion Kisenosato confirmed Wednesday his decision to retire from sumo, making the announcement a day after suffering his third loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.The 32-year-old, who went into the 15-day tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan with his career in jeopardy, decided to call time on his wrestling career after posting a 0-3 record over the first three days of his 12th meet as a top-ranked yokozuna."I, Kisenosato, will retire as of this basho and train junior wrestlers as a toshiyori (sumo elder) under the name Araiso. Thank you for your support wh…READ FULL ARTICLE
