Sumo's scandal

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 June16.The most recent scandal to hot the sumo world until now had been focused in 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 Toumament 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 Kotomotsuki, several other unidentified top-division wresters were among those who admitted similar wrongdoing, a JSA source said.
These days, Kotomitsuki and master, Otake were dismissed by JSA and NHK gave out t
hat the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July will not be broadcasted.

要約　野球賭博をしていたとして相撲協会は何人かの力士や親方を処分した。その中には大関の琴光喜なども含まれており、事態を重く受け止めたNHKは相撲の放送中止も検討している。

感想　相撲のことはよくわからないが、相撲ファンにしてみればとてもショックであると思うので二度とこんなことにならないようにしてもらいたい。

単語　allege 申告する　executive 理事