Sumo: Ozeki Takakeisho withdraws from Nagoya basho with neck injury

Ozeki Takakeisho has pulled out of the ongoing Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on the third day after sustaining a neck injury requiring a one-month recovery period, sport officials said Tuesday.After getting off to a winning start in the fourth of the six annual sumo tournaments in Japan, Takakeisho, who is at sumo's second-highest rank, injured his neck in a second-day bout against rank-and-filer Ichinojo at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, when he suffered his first loss to make it 1-1.Takakeisho forfeits his scheduled bout against komusubi Meisei on Tuesday.The 24-year-old Tokiwayama stable wrest…READ FULL ARTICLE