Sumo grand champion Harumafuji tells police he assaulted wrestler

Sumo grand champion Harumafuji has admitted to allegations that he assaulted a lower-ranked wrestler as he responded voluntarily to police questioning Friday in Tokyo over a drunken brawl, investigative sources said.However, the 33-year-old yokozuna denied allegations that he struck 27-year-old fellow Mongolian wrestler Takanoiwa in the head with a beer bottle at a restaurant-bar around the night of Oct. 25 in the western Japan city of Tottori during a regional tour, the sources said.The government the same day expressed regret over the case engulfing the traditional Japanese sport, which w…READ FULL ARTICLE