The Japan Sumo Association on Thursday announced the closure of the scandal-hit Miyagino stable for the foreseeable future and the indefinite transfer of its wrestlers and elders to the Isegahama stable.Former yokozuna Hakuho, winner of a record 45 championships in the elite makuuchi division, was serving as the Miyagino stablemaster when it emerged last month that his 22-year-old protege Hokuseiho had repeatedly subjected two junior wrestlers at the stable to physical abuse.Hakuho received a demotion and pay cut from the JSA, while the Mongolian-born, Hokkaido-raised Hokuseiho, who was wre…READ FULL ARTICLE
