JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the JSA decided to fire ozeki Kotomitsuki and stablemaster Otake for being the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal at an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors.

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