Hakuho falls, all even with Asashoryu at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu (R) lifts third-ranked maegashira Hokutoriki out of the ring on the seventh day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 16, 2010.

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