In many ways, 2016 has already been a memorable year for Indian table tennis. The country will be fielding four table tennis players at the Rio Games -- the best turnout since Chetan Baboor, Sujay Ghorpade, Kamlesh Mehta and Niyati Roy-Shah turned out in Indian colours at the 1992 edition in Barcelona.Baboors record of appearing in three separate Olympics will also be equalled with Achanta Sharath Kamal marking his third appearance following 2004 and 2008. Sharath will be joined in the mens singles by London participant Soumyajit Ghosh. Mouma Das will be appearing in her second Olympics after a 12-year hiatus, though the top-ranked woman in the Indian contingent is Manika Batra.All four Indian players will be looking to better Mehtas 1992 performance, when he beat two out of three opponents in the group stages, and came within a game of beating his Korean opponent Kim Taek-Soo, who went to win a bronze medal after losing to eventual champion Jan-Ove Waldner.The teamMens: Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit GhoshWomens: Mouma Das, Manika BatraThe key datesAugust 6-17How they got thereWhile Ghosh and Batra topped their respective groups in the South Asian Olympic qualifiers in Hong Kong, Sharath and Das registered wins in the Stage 2 finals of the Asia Olympic Qualification tournament to seal their Rio berths.What they saySharath Kamal:?Making the Olympic quarterfinals is my current personal goal. I dont want to talk big about winning a medal and then blame it on the weather or the table if I lose early. Once in the quarterfinals, a medal is just a step away.ExtrasThis will be the first time that India will be sending a full, four-member team to the Olympics -- the maximum allowed. The National Olympic Committee permits two players to compete in the singles events at the Games.Indias track record* India is yet to win an Olympic medal in table tennis.* India has never progressed beyond the first round in the womens singles and the second in the mens singles. Dwight Clark Super Bowl Jersey . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Dre Greenlaw Super Bowl Jersey . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. 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SEATTLE -- The Washington Huskies found out that even without their leading scorer, Yale still is a formidable basketball team, especially on the backboards.Miye Oni scored 24 points, Sam Downey added 22 and Yale turned back a furious second-half rally to hold off Washington 98-90 on Sunday in the season opener for both teams.Yale, which made the NCAA tournament last season for the first time since 1972, adjusted quickly to the absence of guard Makai Mason, who sustained a broken foot in a scrimmage with Boston University on Nov. 5 and likely will miss the entire season.I couldnt be more proud of my team. We did what we set out to do, said Yale coach James Jones. We have three values that we work on every day in practice and we did a great job at two of the three, rebounding and sharing the ball, and that was a big difference in the game for us.The Bulldogs, who led 49-35 at the half, outrebounded Washington 42-29, including a 21-4 advantage on the offensive end. Yale also had 20 assists on its 33 field goals and finished with seven turnovers -- just one in the first half.Washington shot 66.7 percent in the second half and battled back within 77-73 on a jumper by highly-touted freshman Markelle Fultz, who finished with 30 points.The Bulldogs pushed the lead to 88-77 on Onis 3-pointer from the left corner with 1:24 left.We point no further than the backboards on our end and their end, said Washington coach Lorenzo Romar. Although we had some defensive breakdowns, I think that tells the story. They scored on 19 points on second-chance rebounds.Washington, which trailed by as many as 20 in the first half, used a 10-2 spurt to pull within 55-47 on David Crisps breakaway jam with 16:29 remaining.Onis layup capped a 15-2 run that put Yale in front 29-11 with 7:48 left in the half. Washington pulled within 38-26 on two free throws by Matisse Thybulle with 2::40 remaining.ddddddddddddIf you follow Yale, youve got to be impressed with their basketball team and how they go about their business, said Romar, who was celebrating his 58th birthday. They executed very, very well. They had a couple terrific young players, they were patient, they made big shots. They were on the road, but they played with a great deal of poise.BIG PICTUREWashington: With Marquese Chriss and Dejounte Murray both drafted in the first-round of the NBA draft after just one season at Washington, the Huskies have just two players that have been on the roster longer than one season. Sophomore forward Matisse Thybulle is the only returning player who started all 34 games last season.Yale: The Bulldogs are adjusting to life without guard Makai Mason, the teams leading scorer last season. Mason averaged 16 points and 3.8 assists per game last season as a sophomore and was named all-Ivy League. He had a career-high 31 points in the 12th-seeded Bulldogs 79-75 victory over No. 5 seed Baylor in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.UP NEXTWashington continues its four-game, season-opening stretch at home against Cal State-Fullerton on Thursday.Yale returns from its one-game cross-country trip to face Lehigh at home, where the Bulldogs were 12-0 last season.STAT OF THE NIGHTWashington had an astonishing 15 blocked shots, including six each by Matisse Thybulle and Malik Dime, while Yale did not have a single block.FRESHMAN STANDOUTMarkelle Fultz, a 6-4 guard from Maryland, lived up to his billing with 30 points on 11-for-17 shooting, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc. He also had seven rebounds and six assists in 36 minutes. However, he missed two crucial free throws with 1:44 left and Washington within 85-77. ' ' '
