11.   The most notable absentee is tailback DeShaun Foster, who is expected to have surgery on his left pinkie Wednesday.

12.   Wolff and Clint Mathis were the other notable absentees last year, and Arena rarely has had a full complement of his best players together.

13.   A notable absentee was five-time winner Bjorn Borg.

14.   Grant Hill, Allen Iverson and Penny Hardaway were among the notable absentees.

15.   India was a notable absentee on the occasion, with Bangladesh being the third team.

16.   Notable absentees at the meeting were Egypt, Jordan and Mauritania, which have relations with Israel.

17.   Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam are the most notable absentees.

18.   Notable absentees from the Olympiad include Anatoly Karpov, the current FIDE world champion, Gata Kamsky of the United States and Viswanathan Anand of India.

19.   The only notable absentee was the Olympic champion Bailey himself, still out with a thigh injury sustained in Zurich.