Olympics: Japan ousted by Germany in table tennis men's team semis

Japan's bid for a second straight appearance in the team table tennis men's final at the Olympics ended Wednesday night after a 3-2 defeat to German in the semifinals at the Tokyo Games.Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa and Tomokazu Harimoto lost to Timo Boll, Patrick Franziska and Dimitrij Ovtcharov in a seesaw match, missing out on what would have been a rematch of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic final against China on Friday.Germany instead will take on the Chinese, who swept past South Korea 3-0 in the day's first semifinal and will be heavily favored to defend their title, having won all three g…READ FULL ARTICLE