Sumo Wrestler Breaks Beer Bottle on Opponent’s Head

The highly ceremonial and ordered world of sumo was rocked Tuesday as allegations emerged that one of the sport’s worshipped grand champions smashed a beer bottle over a fellow wrestler’s head.
Mongolian “yokozuna,” or grand champion, Harumafuji, issued an apology before the Japanese media, as officials said they were probing the incident that has led to his absence from an ongoing tournament.
The 33-year-old Harumafuji hit his countryman Takanoiwa, 27, last month when Mongolian wrestlers gathered over drinks after the autumn tournament, several media reported.
“I deeply apologise over Takanoiwa’s injury,” Harumafuji — one of three reigning Mongolian yokozuna — told reporters at his training site in the western Japanese city of Dazaifu.