SUMO SCANDAL
The Associated Press , Tokyo, Japan | Mon, 09/08/2008 3:00 PM | Sports
Former sumo wrestler Musashigawa (right) speaks as Japan Sumo
Association Chairman Kitanoumi (left) listens during a press conference
at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo, Japan on Monday. Musashigawa will replace Kitanoumi who resigned to take responsibility
for a scandal that two Russian sumo wrestlers, brothers Roho and
Hakurozan, were slapped with lifetime bans from Japan's ancient
national sport for allegedly using marijuana. Kitanoumi is Hakurozan's
mentor. (AP/Shizuo Kambayashi)