Sumo: Veteran maegashira Tokitenku calls it quits

Longtime maegashira Tokitenku, seen in this undated photo, will retire and become a sumo elder, the Japan Sumo Association announced on Aug. 26, 2016. The 36-year-old Mongolian-born Tokitenku has been battling malignant lymphoma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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