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Sumo match fixing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 1, 2011, shows wrestler Enatsukasa in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena. Enatsukasa, along with stablemaster Takenawa and wrestler Chiyohakuho, who earlier admitted their involvement in match fixing, received two-year suspensions from the sport the same day from the Japan Sumo Association as punishment.

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Sumo match fixing

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Takenawa is surrounded by reporters on the premises of Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on April 1, 2011. Takenawa and wrestlers Chiyohakuho and Enatsukasa, who earlier admitted their involvement in match fixing, received two-year suspensions from the sport the same day from the Japan Sumo Association as punishment.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows juryo-division wrestler Chiyohakuho (L) and sumo elder Takenawa (C), who have reportedly admitted to involvement in match-fixing, and lower-tier wrestler Enatsukasa, who did not deny involvement during questioning in Tokyo by the Japan Sumo Association on Feb. 2, 2011, after police said the same day text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match fixing

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Takenawa is surrounded by reporters on the premises of Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on April 1, 2011. Takenawa and wrestlers Chiyohakuho and Enatsukasa, who earlier admitted their involvement in match fixing, received two-year suspensions from the sport the same day from the Japan Sumo Association as punishment. (Kyodo)

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Sumo match fixing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 1, 2011, shows wrestler Enatsukasa in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena. Enatsukasa, along with stablemaster Takenawa and wrestler Chiyohakuho, who earlier admitted their involvement in match fixing, received two-year suspensions from the sport the same day from the Japan Sumo Association as punishment. (Kyodo)

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows juryo-division wrestler Chiyohakuho (L) and sumo elder Takenawa (C), who have reportedly admitted to involvement in match-fixing, and lower-tier wrestler Enatsukasa, who did not deny involvement during questioning in Tokyo by the Japan Sumo Association on Feb. 2, 2011, after police said the same day text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones. (Kyodo)