Embarrassed sumo wrestler retires after punch-up
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Japan's longest-serving active sumo   wrestler has retired in shame after punching an opponent in the   face, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.
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While a trio of Japan's women wrestlers were left to celebrate gold at the Asian Games, one was ordered to hit the floor and start doing push-ups.
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Mexican Isaac Bustos wins the WBC strawweight crown in Tokyo after Eagle Kyowa retires hurt.
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The charge was simple, and slightly embarrassing. A young teammate with a boyish face but a body large by sumo wrestling standards accused Alex Miller of caking his chinstrap with Vaseline.
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Sullied by a bout-fixing scandal, allegations of tax evasion and a storm of criticism over bad conduct, sumo's bad boy star Asashoryu left Japan yesterday to seek treatment in his native Mongolia for a stress disorder.
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Rulon Gardner was in another Olympic wrestling upset &#151; his own. One of the biggest stars of the 2000 Summer Games, Gardner was thrown to the mat in overtime Wednesday by Kazakhstan's Georgi Tsurtsumia and lost 4-1 in his Greco-Roman semifinal match.
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In the tough business of putting on pay-per-view events, Ultimate Fighting Championship is no longer getting counted out.
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Jermaine OâNeal is sorry for his role in the Pistons-Pacers brawl last month, and embarrassed about his part in tarnishing the NBAâs image.
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Noah Ngeny, who upset Hicham El Guerrouj to win the 1,500-meter gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, retired because of recurring back and pelvis problems from 2001 car accident in Kenya.
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South Korean boxer Choi Yo-sam, who lapsed into a coma last week defending his World Boxing Organization title, has been declared brain dead and will soon go off life support, a hospital official said on Wednesday.
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Nastia Liukin couldn't watch. She knew she might be the one who had let another world title slip away.
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ESPN cancelled their boxing show Friday Night Fights, but it made a return last week in one of the ugliest incidents ever seen on this side of the Atlantic.
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Britain's WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson has confirmed his retirement from the sport because of injury.
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A debate over whether, and how, the ancient sport of sumo should change is rooted in a quintessentially Japanese conflict between tradition and modernity.
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Rulon Gardner is thrown to the mat in overtime by Kazakhstan's Georgi Tsurtsumia and loses 4-1 in his Greco-Roman semifinal.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls on sumo wrestling officials to take action, after the death of a trainee.
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THE career of Evander Holyfield seems to be over, but against the wishes of the four-time world heavyweight champion. Holyfield, 42, has been given an indefinite suspension by the New York State