kisenosato gets off to a strong start, he's the aggressor. looking to finish off baruto with a force-out. but he's unable to generate the final surge forward. instead it's the estonian who regroups and reloads with a right hand outside grip. it it's, kisenosato loses his first match as well as a share of first place. >>> so, hoakuho is back at his accustomed position as he steps on the doho as a sole leader, he's never come close to losing to the lone georgian, toinoshan. haho runs out tochinoshan in a hurry and it moves the lord of the ring one step closer to his 20th career championship. the loudest noise from the crowd came during the tokonoyama and gaganu match. because takonoyama is the lightest. he's less than half the weight of 199-kilogram gagamaru. it's an overseas versus an oversized rikishi, as you would expect, takinoyama dances to the side to avoid a head-on collision but gagamaru is ready. he gives him a look as if to say, don't try that weak stuff again. the roly-poly gourgeon enjoying his best tournament ever. >>> here's the u

sure enough, kisenosato establishes a grip, despite gagamaru's roly-poly upper body. he dispatches the heaviest man in the division with a force-out. hakuho was last seen grabbing his right elbow and losing on the previous day, which puts him in a bind, because kotoshogiku comes highly motivated. kotoshogiku has just two wins in 28 previous meetings with the yokozuna. but with his incentives, as well as hakuho's subpar condition, this is a one sided match. a force-out for kotoshogiku, he gets an important 11th victory. so he needs just one more for his milestone promotion. >>> so moving day has unexpectedly tightened up the race. hakuho and kotoshogiku tied. for the lead, heading into the second-to-last day. one step behind, are the trio of kisenosato, gagamaru and kitataiki. >>> the two co-leaders will face ozeki looking to spoil the fun on day 14. hakuho steps up against baruto, and kotoshogiku takes on harumafuji it should be an exciting final weekend at the september tourney. >>> ross mihara with the latest in sumo. >>> up next, the extended world weather forecast

kisenosato attacks from the left under the armpit as kisenosato keeps up the pressure and sets it up with a strong arm-lock throw which sends kisenosato flying. hakuho beaten on the day, but still holds the edge. now, after all that happened, let's go to day 12, the leaderboard. hakuho still leads by one, but with a loss now. sekiwake kotoshogiku and rank and filers kitataiki and gagamaru had two losses. day 13 promises so much, with gagamaru taking on informed kisenosato and hakuho meeting kotoshogiku, i can guarantee the leaderboard will look different after tomorrow's action, so tune in to check it out. >> blew through honshu and is now still bringing some showers and some strong winds, still to the northeastern coast. but it is going to be a much better day tomorrow. now, while we look at the 72-hour rainfall accumulation, for areas in in tohoku affected by the march 11th disaster, you see that very significant amounts of rainfall fell. ishinomaki saw 542 millimeters of rain in two days and this is going to be stopping along the eastern coast. but we still see showers for the wes

then hakuho will meet dangerous kisenosato. join us again on "newsline" for the highlights. >>> and welcome back to your weather update. now, for east asia of course there's still quite a bit of activity holding on to japan with showers and that heavy rain impacting the hokkaido area in the north. it is going to remain unsettled throughout the day, but we should be seeing some sunny spells as well. now, next door in the korean peninsula and throughout much of china too looking at pretty settled and calm conditions again. that looks like it's going to hang on throughout the day. just anyone land areas here still some lingering showers you that do want to watch out for. down for the southeast asia for the philippines as well as the indo-china peninsula got a couple lows in place. that's really enhancing that southwest monsoon. it's going to be another unsettled day for you. 33 your high in manila today. 27 expected in taipei. 24 degrees for seoul. and tokyo heats up to 30 degrees. over toward the americas and looking at a system