Wednesday, 22 February 2012 09:57
Japan's ancient sport of sumo rang up debts of almost $50 million in 2011 after a match-fixing scandal which triggered a television black-out and a government warning.
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Japan's ancient sport of sumo rang up debts of almost $50 million in 2011 after a match-fixing scandal which triggered a television black-out and a government warning.

Michael Schumacher looked forward to being a contender again as his Mercedes team belatedly pulled the wraps off their shiny new Formula One car before testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Tuesday.

Dereck Chisora could face sanctions from British boxing's governing body for his behaviour before, during and after his loss to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.

Luke Donald was not too disheartened by a poor finish to the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club and heads into his WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship title defence in optimistic mood this week.

International football will return to Libya on Monday when local clubs Al Nasr Benghazi and Al Ahli Tripoli meet CSKA Sofia in matches that will mark the first anniversary of the revolution, the Libyan embassy in Bulgaria said.

Pep Guardiola still has not decided whether he wants to continue coaching Barcelona beyond this season.

Brazilian football head Ricardo Teixeira is under increasing pressure to step down after the country's largest newspaper published a report linking him to a company being investigated for over-billing an international friendly four years ago.

Victoria Azarenka swept into the quarter-finals of the WTA Qatar Open with an easy victory of Romanian Simona Halep on Thursday.

Formula One is showing no signs of slamming the brakes on plans to race in Bahrain in April despite continuing violence in the Gulf kingdom a year on from a forcibly-suppressed uprising.

Dozens of leading Turkish football officials, including the chairman of champions Fenerbahce, faced judges on Tuesday at the start of a match-fixing trial which has plunged the country's multi-billion-dollar league into chaos.
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