Smiles, not stoicism, at new tournament for retired sumo stars

Eight retired wrestlers at the announcement of a new tournament for former rikishi in Tokyo on Monday
| JOHN GUNNING
By John Gunning
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Sumo and smiles — two words that rarely go together.Japan’s national sport is famous for the stoic seriousness with which its participants conduct their affairs both inside and outside the ring.Whether it’s refraining from showing emotion after wins to giving boilerplate post-bout interviews about taking everything one day at a time, professional sumo wrestlers have to adhere to one of the sporting world’s strictest codes of conduct.

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