Yokozuna Takanohana brought an illustrious but injury-plagued sumo career to an end Monday after his comeback bid ended in failure at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
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Takanohana, still recovering from a right knee injury he sustained in May 2001, fell to fourth-ranked maegashira Aminishiki on the eighth day of the 15-day meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday, leaving the 22-time Emperor's Cup winner with a 4-3 record with one rest day.