Sumo: Asashoryu To Be Banned?

Sumo Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Asashoryu is in danger of being banned from the sport after he assaulted a friend who owned a bar that the champion was drinking in.

Asashoryu is a wonderfully talented and skilled sumotori, but his career has been marked by controversy, both inside the wrestling ring and out. He isn't native to Japan but is Mongolian by birth, which is a disadvantage in the Japanese sumo leagues; he also doesn't have the dignity or reserve expected of champion sumo wrestlers. It's sad that his immaturity is getting the better of him.