Retired sumo great Hakuho plans to remain involved with the sport and work to develop it further despite severing ties with its ruling body, the winner of a record 45 elite-level tournaments said Monday.The Mongolian-born former yokozuna grand champions's retirement from the Japan Sumo Association was formalized the same day.His exit comes little more than a year after the indefinite closure of the Miyagino stable that he had overseen as stablemaster, following revelations that one of his proteges, top-division competitor Hokuseiho, had physically abused younger wrestlers.At a press confere…READ FULL ARTICLE
