Sumo stables searched after sumo wrestlers fail marijuana tests

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Roho speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after he and his brother sumo wrestler Hakurozan tested positive for marijuana. Both Roho, 28, and Hakurozan, 26, have categorically denied using cannabis.

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