Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

OSAKA, Japan - People in front of JR Osaka Station read extra editions of a newspaper reporting the retirement of Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu from the sumo world on Feb. 4, 2010. Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage. (Kyodo)

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