Unbeaten Hakuho in position to nab 15th career title "...Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho had to hold off his title celebrations at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, despite handily beating Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu to match the third-longest winning streak in sumo history. Powerful shove: Yokozuna Hakuho (right) downs ozeki Kotooshu on the 13th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. With the win, the Mongolian tied former yokozuna great Taiho's 45-bout winning streak. KYODO PHOTO Hakuho, who is the only undefeated wrestler at 13-0, can claim his 15th career title outright with a win over countryman Harumafuji on Saturday, regardless of the result of Japanese-born challenger Homasho, who defeated sekiwake Kisenosato to keep his slim title hopes alive with an 11th win. With his win over Kotooshu, Hakuho tied former yokozuna great Taiho's 45-bout winning streak that ran from the second day of the 1968 autumn meet until the first day of the 1969 spring meet. Hakuho's winning run began on the penultimate day of the New Year meet in January. Futabayama (69) is first on the all-time list for the longest victory streak followed by Chiyonofuji (53) in second. The only thing left for sumo's lone yokozuna is to finish the 15-day meet with a perfect record, which would make him the only man since the introduction of the six-tournament system in 1958 to win three straight basho without a loss. In the day's final, Hakuho absorbed Kotooshu's (9-4) charge and deftly moved ...