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The 50th Izushi soba eating contest, in which participants compete to eat as many plates of buckwheat noodles as possible ...

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Ozeki Onosato eased to his ninth straight win at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday as rank-and-file Hakuoho and ...

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