Sumo: Grand champion Harumafuji's assault hitting ancient sport

Sumo: Grand champion Harumafuji's assault hitting ancient sport

Sumo stablemaster Takanohana is surrounded by reporters and camera crews in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2017. The sumo world has been hit by grand champion Harumafuji's drunken assault on Takanoiwa, one of the Takanohana stable's wrestlers, in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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