Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu (L) speaks about his decision to bring an end to his illustrious but trouble-laden sumo career during a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 4, 2010, as his stablemaseter Takasago sits by his side. Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, made the announcement 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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