20 OF THE BEST 2020
1 It only comes along every four years, but the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo, set for July 24 to August 9, will undoubtedly be the headline act of a “gojira” year of sport. How will the Aussie team go up against the world’s best? More than 600,000 tourists will descend on Japan as the Olympics welcomes skateboarding, climbing, surfing and karate for the first time, with baseball and softball returning to the Games. On your way to Tokyo? Experience something different by staying at a capsule hotel. These things are pretty cool, but they aren’t for the claustrophobic …
2 Some Australians still brand it “soccer”, but the rest of the world calls it football. The undisputed king of all sports. It is played in every corner of Earth and to our friends up north, only the football World Cup stands above the European Championship. For 30 days, from London to Budapest, 12 nations will host some of the world’s premier teams to prove who’s the best Europe has to offer. Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal is the defending champion after defeating France in the 2016 final. With both semi-finals and the final hosted at Wembley, England should be a good shout.
3 Nobody does sport quite like those
