Asashoryu stays hot on trail of Hakuho at summer sumo

Asashoryu stays hot on trail of Hakuho at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu (L) pushes No. 3 maegashira Miyabiyama out of the ring on the fifth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 15.

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