May 27, 2012
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Grand champion Asashoryu faces probe
3 February 2010 / REUTERS, TOKYO
Troubled sumo grand champion Asashoryu faces a potentially career-threatening probe into allegations of a drunken scuffle in Tokyo last month.
Newly elected Japan Sumo Association (JSA) executive board member Takanohana on Tuesday ordered an investigation following reports Asashoryu had allegedly broken a man’s nose. “It is important we get to the truth,” former ‘yokozuna’ grand champion Takanohana told Japanese reporters. “The JSA needs to know exactly what happened. “We need to launch a proper investigation. A sumo wrestler should not feel the wind at his back but walk tall and with his head held high.” The head of Asashoryu’s sumo gym told Japanese media at the weekend the Mongolian had been too drunk to remember the alleged incident outside a nightclub in the early hours of Jan. 16.
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