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Hakuho at practice ahead of Nagoya tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (L) practices with rank-and-filer Mokonami in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 7, 2010, ahead of the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho is the lone yokozuna at a time when the traditional Japanese sport has been shaken by a baseball gambling scandal.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Preparations are under way for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 6, 2010. NHK decided the same day not to televise the July 11-25 event live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Preparations are under way for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 6, 2010. NHK decided the same day not to televise the July 11-25 event live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Preparations are under way for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 6, 2010. NHK decided the same day not to televise the July 11-25 event live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster NHK, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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NHK not to broadcast Nagoya sumo meet live due to gambling scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, speaks to reporters after talks with Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., widely known as NHK, at NHK headquarters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. After the talks, NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (front L), acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, meets with Shigeo Fukuchi (front R), president of public broadcaster NHK, in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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Ex-prosecutor Murayama named as acting JSA chief

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Hiroshi Murayama, a former chief of the Tokyo High Prosecutors Office, who was named as acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association. The current JSA chief Musashigawa is to be suspended from the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament due to a spate of gambling scandals involving wrestlers and members of the association.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Preparations are under way for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 6, 2010. NHK decided the same day not to televise the July 11-25 event live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Preparations are under way for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 6, 2010. NHK decided the same day not to televise the July 11-25 event live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho at practice ahead of Nagoya tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (L) practices with rank-and-filer Mokonami in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 7, 2010, ahead of the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho is the lone yokozuna at a time when the traditional Japanese sport has been shaken by a baseball gambling scandal. (Kyodo)

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (front L), acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, meets with Shigeo Fukuchi (front R), president of public broadcaster NHK, in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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NHK not to broadcast Nagoya sumo meet live due to gambling scanda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, speaks to reporters after talks with Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., widely known as NHK, at NHK headquarters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. After the talks, NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Preparations are under way for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 6, 2010. NHK decided the same day not to televise the July 11-25 event live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster NHK, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)