/ 26 August 2021

Squiz The Day – 26 August 2021

11.30am (AEST) – Tokyo Paralympics – C3 Individual Pursuit Track Cycling. The qualifying starts in the morning, and the gold medal race is at 5pm. Aussie David Nicholas will be defending the gold medal he won at the Rio Paralympics

3.45pm (AEST) – Tokyo Paralympics – Men’s Wheelchair Basketball – Australia v Iran.  The Rollers have won the gold twice but are coming off a quarter-finals exit in Rio

6.30pm (AEST) –  Tokyo Paralympics – Wheelchair Rugby – Australia v France. The Steelers are looking to build on their shock loss to Denmark yesterday

And for more events to watch, check out the guide here, and watch the action all day on Seven

2021-22 Tasmanian Budget​ released

ABS Data Release – Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, June

Company Results – Woolworths, Whitehaven Coal, Flight Centre Travel, Endeavour Group

Governor-General David Hurley’s birthday (1953)

Anniversary of:
•Captain James Cook setting sail from England on board HMS Endeavour (1768)
• the birthdays of Mother Teresa (1910) and Katherine Johnson (1918)
• the release of The Beatles’ Hey Jude (1968)

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