Sumo Wrestling is the national sport of Japan, and has been practiced in some form for most likely around 2000 years. It prides itself on its integrity, honor and sportsmanship, and yet considering the innumerable scandals the sport has faced in the past 20 years alone, it could be argued that Sumo is not, in fact, a sport at all.

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Sources:

• Freakonomics clip on sumo match-fixing
• AP - Japan mayor saved by nurse says female sumo ban irrelevant
• Aljazeera documentary on sumo
• NPR piece on corruption in sumo
• Japan Times - Sumo links to Yakuza
• The Guardian - Does Sumo need saving?
• Wikipedia - Shinto origins of Sumo
• Wikipedia - The Tokitsukaze Hazing Scandal