Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu is all smiles after beating Wakanosato on the 13th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2002, becoming the first Mongolian to win the Emperor's Cup. Yokozuna (grand champion) 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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