Ex-yokozuna Asashoryu back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian-born former grand champion Asashoryu (L), who quit sumo earlier this month amid allegations he attacked a man outside a Tokyo night club, arrives back in Japan on a flight from New York on Feb. 24, 2010, looking tanned and relaxed.

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