Japan: A final takedown for sumo wrestling?
相撲八百長問題
A match-fixing scandal may relegate sumofrom national sporting obsession to sideshow.
TOKYO, Japan — Sumo wrestling has been dealt a blow from which it may never fully recover.
The Japanese sport, still reeling from a gambling scandal last summer, is now confronting the most damaging allegation in its 1,500-year history: match-fixing.
The admission last week by three wrestlers that they had agreed to fix matches via mobile phone is a bombshell that, sumo experts say, may relegate sumo from national sporting obsession to sideshow.
The claims are so serious that the Japan Sumo Association, the sport’s governing body, on Sunday canceled next month’s tournament in Osaka — the first such cancellation for more than half a century. The last time it happened, in 1946, organizers were at least able to cite wartime bomb damage to the tournament venue.
The cancellation could cost the association 1.3 billion yen ($15.8 million) in lost revenue, including 720 million yen in ticket sales, the Sports Nippon newspaper said.
Hanaregoma, the association's chairman, described the scandal as the darkest chapter in sumo history.
Japanese sumo wrestlers have to change job
力士の転職状況
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
figure skating フィギュアスケート
Ski jumping スキージャンプ
Boxing ボクシング
Magician マジシャン
Hero Show ヒーローSHOW
McDonald's shop assistant マクドナルドの店員
Comedian コメデｲアン
Professional wrestling プロレスラー
stripper ストリッパー
Ninja 忍者
Please know NINJA culture still more through ≪NINJA LETTER≫.
The letter listed「The Code」,「The Discipline」and「The Charm」
written by Japanese NINJA and includes 「The Certificate of「NINJA DUTY」.
If you received NINJA LETTER from Japan, you had to inherit NINJA DUTY.
【 Via 】 ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
ninja-letter-chikuwa.com
ninja-letter-chikuwa.com/icon.html
【 Link 】 ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
http://the-official-ninja-duty.blogspot.com/
Follow us on Twitter
Stay updated on Facebook
No comments:
Post a Comment