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Article: Sumo Shaking Off Tarnished Image
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- International Herald Tribune
- Article date:
- May 12, 2000
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Velisarios Kattoulas
International Herald Tribune
05-12-2000
The first few days of sumo wrestling's Summer Tournament suggest the sport is beginning to escape the controversy of recent months and win back disgruntled fans.Keisuke Itai, the former wrestler who since January has been screaming about widespread match fixing in the sport, is out of the headlines. The nationalist organizations that were picketing Sumo Association headquarters demanding a deeper investigation of Itai's allegations have stopped their noisy demonstrations.The association's push to tempt fans back to the six annual tournaments appears to be working. On April 30, the public flocked to a pre-tournament practice that ...
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