Tokyo 2020- Men's Soccer
Already qualified- Japan, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa
The AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand, which will determine three spots, will start on Wednesday and continue through Sunday, January 26th
The CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia, which will determine two spots, will start on Saturday, January 18th and run through the first nine days of next month
The final two spots will be determined by the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, which will start on March 20th and conclude on April 1st


Russia
As part of the fallout from the Sochi doping case, Russian athletes will most likely not be allowed to compete in both the Tokyo games and the 2022 World Cup under the Russian flag. However, this might not be the case for World Cup qualifying in men's soccer, which will start in September


Tokyo 2020 Timeline
The complete field for women's basketball should be finalized by the middle of next month
The complete fields for men's and women's water polo should be finalized by April
The complete field for men's soccer should be set by April 2nd


Tokyo 2020- Men's Water Polo
Already qualified- Japan, Serbia, Italy, Spain, United States, Australia
One spot will be up for grabs at the European Championships, which will start on Sunday, January 12th and conclude fourteen days later 
One spot will be up for grabs at the Asian Qualification next month
Four spots will be up for grabs at the World Qualification Tournament in March


Tokyo 2020- Women's Water Polo
Already qualified- Japan, United States, Spain, Canada, Australia
The European Championships later this month in Budapest will qualify one team
The Asian Qualification tournament next month will qualify one team
The World Qualification Tournament in Italy in March will qualify three teams


Tokyo 2020- Men's Basketball
Japan has qualified as the host nation. Joining them as qualifiers from the FIBA World Cup- Nigeria, Argentina, United States, Iran, France, Spain and Australia. Four spots will still be up for grabs at the FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in June, with one qualifier each from competitions in Victoria, Canada; Split, Croatia; Kaunas, Lithuania; and Belgrade, Serbia


Tokyo 2020- Women's Basketball
Japan has qualified as the host nation and the United States has qualified from the FIBA World Cup. Ten additional spots will be up for grabs at the Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments next month, with action in Belgium, China, France, and Serbia


NBA News
The NBA is looking at having a G-league team in Mexico for the 2020-21 season


Major League Baseball News
Yankees pitcher Domingo German will sit out the first 63 games of the 2020 season due to a violation of the domestic violence policy


NBA All-Stars
Luka Doncic currently leads the Western Conference votes, while Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the Eastern Conference votes
Next Thursday, January 9th- voting totals updated
Thursday, January 16th- voting totals updated
Monday, January 20th- fan voting closes
The starters will be announced on Thursday, January 23rd and the reserves will be announced on Thursday, January 30th