Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo, taken in May 1999, shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu holding up his certificate after winning the title in the Jonidan division, the fifth highest among six ranked divisions. Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, announced his retirement on Feb. 4, 2010, in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage.

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