Canada Soccer chief executive Kevin Blue said Canadian players had not seen any footage produced by the drone used to spy on a New Zealand training session and should not be punished by global governing body FIFA. Reigning Olympic champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their opening match of...

Players unaware of spying scandal as Canada Olympic coach sent home: official

The Mirror US

Canada has been punished by FIFA in a drone scandal involving spying on other teams, resulting in a six-point deduction in the 2024 Paris Olympics

Canada women's soccer rocked by punishment for 2024 Paris Olympics spying scandal

Canada's women's football team have been deducted six points from their group in the Olympics and coach Bev Priestman has been banned for one year after a drone was used to spy on a rival team's training sessions. Fifa announced the sanctions - which include a £175,720 fine for the...

Canada deducted points and coach banned over drone

The Guardian

Another record haul is possible for Team GB in Paris, and those behind it hope they can use success to make a lasting impact on society

Team GB seek to push on in Paris with new Olympic heroes and medal rush

Just outside the perimeter of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village was a special room, the only space near the village where athletes with young children were directed to spend time with their babies.

First Olympics nursery is a step forward, athletes say, but much remains to do

Heartbreaking news is coming out of the Olympic villages. According to several reports, SOMOA boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito was found dead in the Olympic Village on July 26. He was just 60 years old. As Fox News reports, Fatupaito reported suffered a cardiac arrest. The Samoa Association of Sport...

Olympic coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito found dead at Olympic Village

Convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde made his Olympic beach volleyball debut to a mixed reaction in Paris, with audible boos. Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a 12-year-old British girl. He and volleyball partner Matthew...

Convicted rapist Van de Velde booed on Olympic debut

Up to 115 jobs are at risk under plans to close a McCain Foods factory in Lincolnshire. The manufacturer said it had launched a consultation into the future of the plant near Grantham. McCain is proposing to end production of a brand of microwave chips called Fries To Go, which...

Chips factory closure plan puts 115 jobs at risk

An Algerian judoka has been disqualified after failing the weigh-in before facing an Israeli opponent at the Olympic Games. Messaoud Redouane Dris, 22, had been scheduled to face Tohar Butbul in the -73kg category on Monday. However, Dris weighed in above the 73kg limit ahead of the contest and was...

Algerian judoka disqualified before facing Israeli

A husband, wife and their daughter who performed together in American gospel group The Nelons have been killed in a plane crash along with four other people. Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark died alongside Amber Nelon Kistler on Friday when their aircraft came down over Wyoming on its way to a performance.

Three members of family gospel group die in plane crash

Two men were seriously injured in a collision on the A34 that led to almost 12-hour traffic queues.

Major road reopens after military convoy crash

Two boys were reportedly attacked by a group of eight to 15 teenagers.

Boy severely injured in group attack

Police are investigating a "sickening, heartless assault" on a horse, which was found dead and mutilated in a field. Nottinghamshire Police said Alfie, a 16-year-old traditional tri-coloured cob, was found at a property off Owday Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop, at about 10:30 BST on Thursday. Alfie was last seen fit and...

Horse killed and mutilated in 'cruel' attack

As the Paris 2024 Olympics gets under way, BBC Sport looks at some of the best recent opening ceremony outfits.

Olympics opening ceremony - the show-stopping outfits

Virginia State

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The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

The Ministry of Justice said public safety would always be the government’s priority.

People 'left in the dark' over prison closure

A triathlete was left "devastated" after pulling out of a race on the anniversary of his dad's death. Louis Dunne, 21, was competing in the Outlaw Triathlon at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, on Sunday. However, he suffered a flare up of a knee injury which...

Triathlete 'devastated' as he pulls out of race

A man in his 50s was found unconscious and his injuries are thought to be life threatening.

Man left with serious head injury after street fight

Witnesses tell police five men attacked the boy before fleeing in a car.

Boy,17, stabbed multiple times

Three people remain in police custody following the altercation on Saturday afternoon.

Man in hospital with head injury after assault

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Priestman 'heartbroken' by drone scandal as funding pulled

Canada's women's head coach Bev Priestman says she is \"absolutely heartbroken for the players\" over a drone scandal, as Canada's government withholds...

Canada's women's head coach Bev Priestman says she is "absolutely heartbroken for the players" over a drone scandal, as Canada's government withholds...

Priestman 'heartbroken' by drone scandal as funding pulled

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