Sumo hit by bout-fixing allegations

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

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

Police have reportedly found suspicious text messages on several wrestlers’ phones suggesting they were planning to fix bouts and going so far as to detail how one would attack and how he wanted his opponent to fall.

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