Sumo

Asashoryu survives Yokozuna debut -- The March Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka has begun with a new Yokozuna -- the highest rank in the sport. Asashoryu is the third foreign born rikishi to achieve sumo's highest rank, following the sixty-fourth yokozuna, Akebono, now retired, and Musashimaru. He is the first Mongolian born rikishi to earn promotion to Yokozuna. And he started the current tournament with a win.