Sumo: New Year tourney sees 1st-day sellout despite fans' concerns

Fans attending the first day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament expressed their displeasure with the sport's recent scandals despite snapping up the last available tickets on Sunday.A line for the day's available tickets began forming at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan early in the morning, with all sold by 8:13 a.m., according to the Japan Sumo Association. Over 160 winners' prizes for bouts in the elite makuuchi were provided by sponsors, a number the association said was more than it ever gets for the first day of the tournament.For much of the past two months, the scandal-hit sport has bee…READ FULL ARTICLE