JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake speaks to reporters at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association decided to fire Otake and ozeki Kotomitsuki for being the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal. Otake was found to have borrowed 20 million to 30 million yen from Kotomitsuki as he was mired in debts accumulated through illegal gambling.

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