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Asashoryu suspended from autumn, Kyushu sumo tourneys

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Toshimitsu Kitanoumi walks into a room to attend an emergency meeting of the board of directors at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Aug. 1. The meeting decided later to suspend Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu from the next two grand sumo tournaments in September and November for playing in a charity soccer event in his home country after opting to sit out the summer regional training tour citing injuries. The JSA also decided to slap a 30 percent cut in the 26-year-old grand champion's pay for four months.

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(5)Japanese sumo wrestlers in Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Sumo Association chairman Toshimitsu Kitanoumi (L) pays a courtesy call on South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (R), accompanied by former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C), at the presidential palace in Seoul on Feb. 13.

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(4)Japan's sumo wrestlers arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) speaks as Japan Sumo Association President Toshimitsu Kitanoumi (2nd from R) listens at a news conference in Seoul on Feb. 12.

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(2) Japan's sumo wrestlers arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Sumo Association President Toshimitsu Kitanoumi (L) pays a courtesy call on South Korean Culture and Tourism Minister Lee Chang Dong in Seoul on Feb. 12. Kitanomumi heads a delegation of 115 makuuchi-division wrestlers who arrived in Seoul for their first-ever tour to Korea, due to begin with a two-day event in Seoul on Feb. 14.

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Toshimitsu Kitanoumi

TOKYO, Japan - Toshimitsu Kitanoumi, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). Former yokozuna Kitanoumi 48, was elected unanimously by the 10-member board at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1 to succeed Tokitsukaze, a former ozeki who served two two-year terms as JSA boss and reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65 August, 2002.

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Asashoryu suspended from autumn, Kyushu sumo tourneys

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Toshimitsu Kitanoumi walks into a room to attend an emergency meeting of the board of directors at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Aug. 1. The meeting decided later to suspend Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu from the next two grand sumo tournaments in September and November for playing in a charity soccer event in his home country after opting to sit out the summer regional training tour citing injuries. The JSA also decided to slap a 30 percent cut in the 26-year-old grand champion's pay for four months. (Kyodo)

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(5)Japanese sumo wrestlers in Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Sumo Association chairman Toshimitsu Kitanoumi (L) pays a courtesy call on South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (R), accompanied by former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C), at the presidential palace in Seoul on Feb. 13. (Kyodo)

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(4)Japan's sumo wrestlers arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) speaks as Japan Sumo Association President Toshimitsu Kitanoumi (2nd from R) listens at a news conference in Seoul on Feb. 12. (Kyodo)

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(2) Japan's sumo wrestlers arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Sumo Association President Toshimitsu Kitanoumi (L) pays a courtesy call on South Korean Culture and Tourism Minister Lee Chang Dong in Seoul on Feb. 12. Kitanomumi heads a delegation of 115 makuuchi-division wrestlers who arrived in Seoul for their first-ever tour to Korea, due to begin with a two-day event in Seoul on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)