Sumo champ Asashoryu still popular despite retirement

Sumo champ Asashoryu still popular despite retirement

TOKYO, Japan - A boy buys a card bearing the autograph and handprint of recently retired sumo grand champion Asashoryu at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2010. A series of goods featuring the former Mongolian yokozuna sold out the same day despite a string of controversial incidents that led to his retirement.

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