DUNLOP TIRES SIGNS SUMO SPONSORSHIP
By Adnews Staff
Dunlop Tires will be the title sponsor of the sixth North American Amateur Sumo Championship. The event will take place on Aug. 3 at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. This will be the first time the championship has been held in Canada. Sumo wrestlers from Canada, the U.S., Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica and Japan will compete in various weight classes including the unlimited weight "open category." Dunlop will also host a free lunchtime sumo exhibition match and demonstration to be called the Dunlop Tires Sumo Smackdown. Further details regarding this event, which will take place on Aug. 1 in Toronto, are not yet available. Public relations for Dunlop Tires are handled by Environics Communications.