No change at the top as Asa, Hakuho breeze to victory in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu throws down second-ranked maegashira Kotoshogiku on the sixth day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 20, 2009. (Kyodo)

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