Yokozuna Akebono to skip New Year sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yokozuna Akebono, winner of November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. He said at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 4 he will skip the New Year's meet that gets under way at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan from Sunday due to pain in his knees.

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