Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu performing the ''Dohyo-iri'' ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 22, 2010, during the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Asashoryu 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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