Sporting Digest: Sumo
THE Sumo Association, which supervises Japan's national sport, may soon review a ban on foreign coaches. Dewanoumi, the chairman, indicated his support for lifting the ban which excludes wrestlers - such as the No 1 Chad Rowan, of Hawaii, and increasing numbers of foreigners climbing the rankings - from the sport after they retire.
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