Injured ozeki Kotooshu drops out of spring sumo

Injured ozeki Kotooshu drops out of spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (file photo) has pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament due to an arm injury, his stablemaster, Sadogatake, said on March 17. Kotooshu (2-6) hurt the upper part of his left arm in a defeat to Kakuryu on the fourth day of the 15-day meet on March 12.

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