Fox Sports reports:
Japanese police have uncovered text messages from the cell phones of sumo wrestlers which implied they were fixing bouts, in a fresh blow to the ancient, scandal-plagued sport, according to reports Wednesday.
Police found messages indicating wrestlers were trading wins or fixing fights during an investigation into gang-linked gambling among sumo heavyweights.
Several junior-grade wrestlers are suspected of involvement in the match-fixing, which saw wins traded for thousands of dollars, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said without specifying the amount.
It is unlikely that the police will pursue criminal charges as match-fixing in itself is not illegal in Japan, but Tokyo police plan to refer the case to the education and sport ministry, Jiji and Mainichi said.
Sumo wrestling is one of the dumbest sports ever invented. Watching Roseanne fight Al Gore over a doughnut would be a more respectable sport than this crap. Japan, don’t in...
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