Asashoryu denies alleged drunken rampage

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, a former sumo grand champion, gets in a vehicle after giving a press conference at a hotel in Ulan Bator on March 11, 2010. The former yokozuna, whose ring name was Asashoryu, refuted reports of an alleged drunken rampage that preceded his retirement from sumo.

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