MIES (Switzerland) - Kenichi Sako, an inspirational player for many years in Japanese basketball as a fiery point guard and leader, is to be enshrined in the 2020 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Jan 8, 2021
Sport is often a microcosm of life, with what takes place on the field of play or in the coach s office regularly reflecting overall trends in a particular country.
Sumo is no different. Just as the initial wave of fear over COVID-19 was gradually replaced by habituation and an increasing casualness amongst a large section of the general population, and “Stay at Home” morphed into “Go To, so too did spectator-free and canceled tournaments give way to those with an increasing number of fans in attendance.
The results of becoming accustomed to danger are clear to see in the headlines. COVID-19 case numbers nationally continue to reach new heights, and the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) has had to deal with several outbreaks of the disease including one that put its biggest star,
japan. last night a big night for the president as he, the first lady, shinzo abe and abe s wife attended the sumo wrestling championships here in tokyo. this is a big, big ticket item, getting those seats down front9. i mean, it s like a championship boxing match, i guess, in las vegas. and a first for the president, he was the very first american president to present to winner a 29-year-old who weighs in at 390 pounds the president s cup. this is, i mean, look at the size of this thing. it weighs more than 60 pounds, it s bigger than the emperor s cup, by the way, and bigger than the cup that shinzo abe gave out to winner as well. listen to what the president said as he was presenting the cup. in honor of your outstanding achievement as sumo grand champion, i hereby award you the united states president s cup,
really wanting to see a wrestling match. and he did. so what did he get to witness there? well, he was a day late basically. the tournament was won yesterday. so today s bouts were all just to finish off the tournament. they were of no real importance. the champion determined that he would be the winner yesterday. he did get the emperor s cup and then the prime minister s cup. he is receiving what is called the trump cup, raether than the president s cup. and mr. trump was able to give the trump cup and there were some people because of the culture didn t want that to happen. tell us about that. there were a lot of people who essentially boycotted today and didn t bother going. these are long term fans. some quite prominent fans who