Spain vs Argentina LIVE: Tokyo 2020 result, final score and reaction from Olympics fixture
The final group stage match will determine which nations progress to the knockouts and aim for the gold medal
Spain face Argentina in the men’s football at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, with both nations needing a positive result to ensure they continue their journey in Japan.
The Europeans have so far won and drawn, but despite dominating long stretches of their matches they have been unable to click in attack, scoring just once so far - they are top of the group heading into the final 90 minutes, and need just a draw to guarantee a top-two finish. Argentina have it slightly more difficult, after defeat to Australia earlier in the group stage. They did recover to beat Egypt, but the lay of the group means they have to win this match to go through - anything less and they will be out, regardless of the result from the other match.
The race for medals looks set to be a tight one and there have already been plenty of surprise results - but to even have a chance at success, a big performance from both sides is required here.
Follow the latest updates from Spain vs Argentina and all the big news at Tokyo 2020 below:
Tokyo Olympics: Gold for Primoz Roglic in men’s time trial!
Wout van Aert and Filippo Ganna cross the line, but neither are threatening the top of the podium, and it’s gold for Primoz Roglic!
After the disappointments of the previous two Tour de France races, it’s a worthy win for the 31-year-old - and a first Olympic medal for the Slovenian.
Geraint Thomas finishes 12th, as his wait for a first Olympic road medal goes on. Dumoulin and Dennis take silver and bronze, with Steffan Kung finishing 0.4 seconds off the podium!
1) Primoz Roglic - 55:04.19
2) Tom Dumoulin +1:01.39
3) Rohan Dennis +1:03.90
4) Steffan Kung +1:04.30
5) Filippo Ganna +1:05.74
6) Wout van Aert +1:40.53
Tokyo Olympics: Men’s time trial latest
Here comes Roglic - and the Slovenian smashes Dumoulin’s time! It’s 55:04.19, one minute and one second faster than Dumoulin to take the overall lead.
The gold medal is surely his now. Wout van Aert, about 10km further behind, has dropped off Roglic’s pace significantly, while Filippo Ganna is clocking around 45 seconds short.
Tokyo Olympics: Men’s time trial latest
We’re approaching the final 10-15 minutes of the men’s time trial and Primoz Roglic is potentially a few kilometers away from an Olympic gold.
Tom Dumoulin crosses the line with a time of 56:05.58 to set the fastest time overall, over a minute ahead of the Uran’s time, but Roglic has clocked faster splits than the Dutchman.
It could be good enough for a medal position, however.
Tokyo Olympics: Liam Broady into deciding set against Jeremy Chardy
Liam Broady is battling hard in the men’s tennis singles. The 27-year-old, who claimed the best win of his career so far against Wimbledon semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz yesterday, dropped the first set against Frenchman Chardy on a tie-break, but has just broken his opponent in the second set before serving out to level the scores at 1-1.
The Briton is into a deciding set as he looks to make his way into the quarter-finals.
Tokyo Olympics: Men’s time trial latest at halfway
All the contenders have now reached the halfway stage in the men’s time trial - and it’s Primoz Roglic who is leading the way.
The Slovenian is in pole position to win the gold but Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert, Tom Dumoulin and the Australian Rohan Dennis are all within 10 seconds or so of his time.
Thomas has dropped off significantly, a race too far perhaps after a tough summer for the 2018 Tour de France winner.
Tokyo Olympics: Support for Simone Biles after withdrawal
Support for Simone Biles has been pouring in from fellow athletes and public figures after she withdrew from the women’s team all-around final on Tuesday. Biles has also withdrawn from Thursday’s individual all-around final, citing mental health concerns.
Tokyo Olympics: Men’s time trial latest
Wout van Aert reaches the 15km checkpoint and sets a blistering split of 18:15.30 - putting him ahead of Primoz Roglic and Filippo Ganna at that stage.
Tom Dumoulin sets the new fastest time at halfway, and is around a minute ahead of Uran based on his halfway time. It looks like it’s going to be a real scrap for the medals with not a lot to separate the contenders.
Geraint Thomas’ hopes look to be slipping away. He’s already about 30 seconds behind the leaders after 15km.
Tokyo Olympics: Defeat for Andy Murray, Joe Salisbury in men’s doubles
There will be no fourth Olympic medal for Andy Murray after he and Team GB partner Joe Salisbury were defeated by Croatia’s Marian Cilic and Ivan Dodig in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles.
Defeat was neither swift nor expected after the British duo made the kind of start that suggested they were to continue the medal rush instigated by their team-mates at the start of the week.
But after winning the first set 6-4, breaking serve on the very first game of the match, they let slip a 4-2 lead in second set, which was eventually taken on a 7-2 tie-breaker by the Croatians. Revitalised, Cilic and Dodig then took the championship tie-breaker 10-7 to send them into the semi-finals.
“I wanted to try and win a medal with Joe,” said Murray, disappointed at how the match panned out, especially given the nature of this defeat.
“I wish that today could have gone differently and had another chance with Joe to win a medal. We were so close. That’s what’s disappointing.”
Full report by Vithushan Ehantharajah:
Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury knocked out of Olympic tennis doubles
The British pair had been in excellent form until the quarter-finals
Tokyo Olympics: Geraint Thomas underway in men’s time trial
Geraint Thomas takes off in the men’s individual time trial, carrying the hopes of Team GB for a cycling road medal in Tokyo.
Thomas, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner on the track, will be hoping for better fortune today after he crashed out of the road race on Saturday.
The Colombian Rigoberto Uran has just taken the lead from the Belgian Remco Evenepoel with a time of 57:18.69, but the big names are all out on the road now, with Wout Van Aert and world champion Filippo Ganna still to come.
In terms of other British hopes, Tao Geoghegan Hart finished around four minutes behind the leaders with a time of 1:01:44.81.
Tokyo Olympics: GB pair fall short in 3m springboard final
Daniel Goodfellow and Jack Laugher have finished outside of the medal places in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final. It’s seventh for the GB pair following a score of 382.80.
It’s a disappointing result for Goodfellow and Laugher after they won a World Cup gold in this event ahead of the Olympics.
China win the gold with 467.82, well clear of the USA (444.36) and Germany (404.73).
Laugher still has the individual 3m springboard event to come.
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