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)
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