Canada women's team head coach Bev Priestman was sent home from the Paris Games by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) on Thursday after Canada Soccer suspended her amid a scandal involving drones to spy on opponents' training sessions. COC CEO David Shoemaker confirmed Friday the committee had "gathered additional information"...

Canada coach Priestman suspended, spying reportedly ongoing for 'years'

Awful Announcing

While the 2024 Paris Olympics are just barely underway (the Opening Ceremonies were Friday, but competition started Wednesday), there’s already a significant scandal around them. That’s around drone usage from the Canadian women’s soccer team, the defending Olympic champions. That scandal has already led to head coach Bev Priestman being sent home. It also saw Read more...
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Canadian Olympic soccer spy scandal expands

The Argentina Football Association (AFA) has launched an official complaint to FIFA regarding incidents during their opening 2024 Olympics match. The South Americans began their tournament on Wednesday with a matchup against Morocco. Cristian Medina looked to have given Argentina a point in the game with a late game-tying goal in added time.

Argentina FA asks FIFA to give itself Olympics win, not Morocco

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The head of Argentina’s soccer federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco on Wednesday “makes no sense,” and coach Javier Mascherano called the scene “a scandal.” The opening match of the men’s soccer tournament was suspended for nearly two hours during added time after Morocco fans invaded the field and threw bottles in protest of a late goal by Argentina. The goal was later overturned by the video assistant referee, and Argentina lost 2-1. “What happened on the field was a scandal. This isn’t a neighborhood tournament, these are the Olympic Games,” Mascherano said. Paris organizers said they were trying to “understand the causes and identify appropriate actions” after the match in Saint-Etienne. Argentina’s soccer federation said it issued a formal protest Wednesday to world governing body FIFA and would do “what is necessary” to guarantee the safety of players.

Argentina coach slams chaotic 'scandal' at Olympic soccer match vs Morocco

Canada Soccer's chief executive confirms drone use prior to Paris 2024, including at the recent Copa America.

Canada used drones before and Tokyo gold could be 'tarnished'

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Canada removed Bev Priestman as its women's soccer coach for Paris 2024 after members of her support staff were caught using drones to spy on opponents during practices, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Friday.

Canada soccer coach Bev Preistman removed from Olympics amid drone spying scandal

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The Canadian women’s soccer team’s head coach, Bev Priestman, has been suspended following allegations of drone spying at the Paris Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee announced Friday that Priestman had been removed from the national team after Canada Soccer suspended her. The decision came in response to new information about previous instances of drone use against opponents, leading to the current Olympics.

Canadian Women’s Olympic Soccer Coach Bev Priestman Suspended After Allegations Team Used Drone To Spy On Competitors

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Matchday One of men's Olympic soccer saw upsets, wonder goals and the single wildest VAR review in the history of the game — not bad for a tournament long considered "below" FIFA competitions like the World Cup and the Copa America. Congratulations are in order for Uzbekistan, Iraq and Japan, whose performances lit up the day and proved Asian soccer is on an inexorable rise, and for Morocco, who somehow managed to turn a pitch invasion and potential suspension into a 2-1 victory over world champion Argentina. (Morocco deserved that win, to be fair. Just maybe not in the slapdash and violent...

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Things have gone from bad to worse for defending gold medalist Team Canada at this summer’s Olympics. Despite winning its first match 2-1 on Thursday, the women's soccer team is engulfed in scandal.On Monday, French police caught Canada women's soccer team analyst Joseph Lombardi retrieve a drone that spied on opening-match opponent New Zealand. Lombardi later admitted guilt and is serving an eight-year suspended sentence for "maintaining an unmanned aircraft over a prohibited area."Sources with firsthand knowledge told TSN Thursday that the team has been doing this for years, citing incidents back to 2019. A Canada Soccer contractor alleges that...

FIFA deals Canada women's soccer team hefty punishment for Olympic drone scandal

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Daily Express reports that Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., a Virginia pastor, has been accused of hitting his wife while on an Alaskan Airlines flight from Seatle to Anchorage. Holberg allegedly verbally and physically abused his wife, who said she has epilepsy, and her husband hit her in the head, knowing it could cause a seizure.

Virginia pastor facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife on an Alaskan Airlines flight

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

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Canada soccer staffer Joseph Lombardi was given a suspended eight-month prison sentence for flying a drone and filming two closed-door training sessions of New Zealand women's soccer team.

Canada soccer staffer given 8-month suspended prison sentence for Olympics drone controversy

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Canada Soccer 'spygate' scandal explained: Paris Olympics, Copa America & how a spy drone plunged Canadian football into crisis

Bev Priestman, head coach of the women's team, has been suspended because of an issue that could be 'systemic' and also relates to Jesse Marsch's side....

Canada Soccer 'spygate' scandal explained: Paris Olympics, Copa America & how a spy drone plunged Canadian football into crisis

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