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Baseball

Munenori Kawasaki is qualified for Last one Japan WBC Roster

On January 24 2017, the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization(NPB)announced the additional rosters of Japan national baseball team for 2017 World Baseball Classic. The 8 players playing at NPB such as Shintaro Fujinami and Ayumu Ishikawa were selected. However, most of the Major League Baseball players declined because they prioritized the camp of the team. So Houston Astros Norichika …

Sumo

The way Kotoshogiku will be promoted to the Ozeki again

On the 12th day of the January Grand Sumo Tournament, there was the match of Ozeki Kotoshogiku vs. Sekiwake (Junior champion) Tamawashi in January 19 2017. Tamawashi beat Kotoshogiku by “Oshidashi” that mean “Pushing out”. So Kotoshogiku was 4 wins and 8 losses. He had a losing record 2 tournaments in a row, so he will be demoted to …