Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Gambling scandal spreads in sumo

Several sumo stable masters are among those who admitted to gambling on baseball games in a recent survey conducted by the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), a JSA source revealed June 16.
The most recent scandal to hit the sumo world until now had been focused on wrestlers who had admitted to illegal gambling, but elders, including stable masters and tokoyama hairdressers, have also been found to be involved.
At an emergency executive meeting June 15, the JSA accepted an offer from ozeki Kotomitsuki's stable master, Sadogatake, for the wrestler to sit out the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July and he has been banned from sumo pending the results of a police investigation into his alleged gambling activities on baseball.
Aside from Kotomitsuki, several other unidentified top-division wrestlers were among those who admitted similar wrongdoing, a JSA source said. (Kyodo News)

要約:
相撲協会の実施した実態調査により、多くの力士や親方が野球賭博に関与していたことが明らかになった。

単語:
stable masters
親方
admitted to ~
~したことを認めた
Japan Sumo Association
日本相撲協会
revealed
明らかにした
elders
上の人
be involved
関与している
emergency executive meeting
緊急理事会
the wrestler
その力士(琴光喜のこと)
sit out ~
~を休場する
pending ~
~が出るまでの間
alleged ~
~の疑い
Aside from ~
~のほかに
wrongdoing
違法行為

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