Sports News Central | Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Live Results & Standings The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Basketball Competition is underway starting on the 25th of July with The Islamic Republic of Iran and The Czech Republic tipping off at 10AM AEST. The Basketball event in the Olympics will run until the 7th of August when the Gold Medal Winner will be crowned (8th of August Women's). The Group Stage The Group stage of this event has now ended with 8 teams qualifying. These 8 teams include*:     - USA     - Slovenia     - Spain     - Germany     - Australia     - Argentina      - Italy     - France *Teams That Are Eliminated Have Been Highlighted in green LIVE FEED UPDATE 9:45 AM AEST PRE-GAME In Tokyo 2020 as Australia and Team USA prepare to battle it out in the first qualifying semi of the day. The winner of this game will go on to face the winner of the France vs Slovenia game taking place later on in the day, i...

  Day Two Tokyo Olympics LIVE Medal Tally Leaderboard The Medal Tally On the second day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this is what the official medal tally looks like: As of 19:22 25 July AEST LIVE Update 13:03 PM AEST Australia Has Won Their First Gold Medal of The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in The Women's 400m Freestyle Relay Team Event, Headlined By Bronte & Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris, Beating Canada and the USA By 3 Seconds, Setting a New World Record of 3 Minutes, 29.78 Seconds. LIVE Update 12:24 PM AEST Australia Has Won Their First Medals In The Olympics With A Silver & Bronze In The Men's 400m Individual Medley With Medals Going To Jack Mcloughlin & Brendon Smith So, What Does This Mean? Considering that this is what the leaderboard looks like after only one full day of events, it is expected to shift around and even potentially change entirely before the conclusion of the end-heavy Olympic Games. A majority of sports got underway yesterday with a ...

 Day One of The Olympics Is Over... How are Our Aussies Going? It's Been 24 Hours Since the beginning of the 2020 Olympic Games...so how are our Aussies shaping up against the rest? The Medal Tally One day into the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this is what the official medal tally looks like*: 1. China (2,0,1) 2. Japan (1,1,0) 3. Ecuador (1,0,0) 4. Iran (1,0,0) 5. South Korea (1,0,0) 6. Kosovo (1,0,0) 7. Belgium (0,1,0) 8. India (0,1,0) 9. Netherlands (0,1,0) 10. The Russian Olympic Committee (0,1,0) * Placement. Country (Gold,Silver,Bronze) The top 10 countries in the medal tally after day one look like this. So, What Does This Mean? Considering that this is what the leaderboard looks like after only one day, it is expected to shift around and even potentially change entirely before the conclusion of the end-heavy Olympic Games. A majority of sports got underway today with a few medal events and mostly qualifying rounds to start the Tokyo 2020 Olympics What's On Tomorrow? Stay tuned fo...

Ever Wondered How Much Australian Olympians Make? We'll Tell You Just That... Athletes globally can make millions of dollars a year for being the best of the best, but how much do Olympic competitors make? How Much They Make... Our Aussies in Tokyo are doing perhaps the highest honour in sports and that is representing their country, especially in the Olympics. In the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, each athlete has a set pay, as well as a medal Bonus if they happen to win a medal, paying more for gold, and less for silver & Bronze. For each GOLD Medal won in the Tokyo Olympics, the athlete will be rewarded A$20,000 as an incentive, on top of the priceless medal they win. For Silver Medals, Athlete's receive A$13,400, and for Bronze, they will receive $10,000. For team sports (e.g. Basketball, Football, Rugby etc.) the prize money is split evenly between the competitors on the team. How Does That Compare To Other Countries? Unfortunately for Australian athletes, they sit on the lower ...