Asashoryu posts 1st-day win at New Year sumo

Asashoryu posts 1st-day win at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu (R) pushes top-ranked maegashira Tosanoumi out of the ring to claim the first-day win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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