chibaman said...

chibaman at 04:22 PM JST - 30th September

Wild card Date loses her first round match in front of home crowd at the Japan Ope. Back into retirement then? Nice try though. She's the champion of gaman.

Posted in Nishikori through to 2nd round; Krumm-Date out at Japan Open at 04:22 PM JST - 30th September
chibaman at 04:20 PM JST - 30th September

Thanks for the news.

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chibaman at 04:05 PM JST - 30th September

I wish the cops today would dress like this. Then when they're sitting around doing nothing I could get a good picture of them.

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chibaman at 03:25 PM JST - 30th September

Match fixing in sumo goes back to pretty much when it started. The word yaocho was born from sumo. As in, they had to come up with a word to describe the intentional losing of bouts for other benefits.

Now to address the question at hand, I don't see yaocho…

Posted in With the latest allegations of match-fixing, what future do you see for sumo? at 03:25 PM JST - 30th September
chibaman at 10:11 PM JST - 29th September

I think this is a case of somebody pushing something into the spotlight that people know is there, but would rather keep on pretending to ignore it, as it gives them more evidence of Japans "specialness" of having this mythical thousand year old "only in Japan" psuedo sport.

I think…

Posted in Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims at 10:11 PM JST - 29th September
chibaman at 09:58 PM JST - 29th September

Totally rings hollow, and obiously conveniently overlooked by many as this is a convenient way to indict the entire country.

Who cares. Give us the dirt Wakanoho. Down with Japan. So much for that code of honour crap I saw in that samurai movie or that Wesley Snipes/Sean Connery flick.

Posted in Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims at 09:58 PM JST - 29th September
chibaman at 09:35 PM JST - 29th September

This news shouldn't be so shocking.

Not shocking as in unheard of, but definitely interesting and we'll see how damaging his testimony will be and if match-fixing is finally accepted as fact. The shocking part will be which stable masters and other wrestlers have been smoking the funny stuff.

Posted in Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims at 09:35 PM JST - 29th September
chibaman at 09:16 PM JST - 29th September

Can people please bother to familiarise themselves with the subject before posting? Is that too much to ask? Probably. This is not one man against the establishment. Wakanoho is supporting (alongside a former komusubi) Shukan Gendai's writer's claims of match-fixing, which the Sumo Association has taken issue with and the…

Posted in Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims at 09:16 PM JST - 29th September
chibaman at 07:45 PM JST - 29th September

NHK sucks. While that's old news, their 7 o'clock news just finished with no mention of one of today's biggest pieces of news. They did however manage a story on how the Yokozuna Council has decided not to consider the November tournament as decisive on Asa's future as yokozuna (given…

Posted in Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims at 07:45 PM JST - 29th September
chibaman at 05:38 PM JST - 29th September

It was already outlined in the book "Freakanomics".

Stop referencing this book like it belongs out of the rubbish bin. You make it sound like they conducted ground-breaking research or something. The first chapter of this obviously fine publication concerned itself with day 15 results and only day 15 results.…

Posted in Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims at 05:38 PM JST - 29th September