Hakuho puts focus on ring amid gambling scandal

Hakuho puts focus on ring amid gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on July 5, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association released the rankings list for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, the sole wrestler to hold the top rank of yokozuna, has admitted to betting on ''hanafuda,'' or Japanese playing card games, but has not been implicated in the baseball gambling scandal rocking the Japanese national sport.

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