Asashoryu back on level terms at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu forces No. 1 maegashira Toyonoshima out of the ring on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka on March 14. (Kyodo)

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