Fired Russian sumo wrestler denies match-fixing claim, apologizes

TOKYO, Japan - Former Russian sumo wrestler Wakanoho (L) speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo District Court building in Tokyo on Nov. 28. Wakanoho denied his earlier claim in a magazine article that he was forced to accept bribes to lose matches and apologized to the wrestlers implicated in the allegation of match fixing.

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