Japan’s national sport of sumo wrestling is facing new allegations that senior wrestlers used mobile phones to fix matches.

A sumo wrestling coach has been fired for the first time in the centuries-long history of the sport after a teenage novice was apparently beaten to death during training.

Mongolian muscleman Asashoryu is the focus of one of sumo’s biggest scandals ever – one that has all of Japan wondering if their cherished, ancient sport is on the take.