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CONCACAF confirms 2022 complaint against Canada for alleged drone spying

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A complaint was filed against Canada at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, alleging the Canadian women's team had used a drone to watch a rival country's training session.

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Former Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones dies at 54 after battle with ALS

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The Ottawa Senators have announced that former assistant coach Bob Jones has died after a battle with ALS. He was 54.

Friday, Jul 26

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From noisy fans outside team hotels to spy drones, dirty tricks nothing new to soccer

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Dirty tricks are nothing new in world football. Rivals have long looked to give themselves a competitive advantage or to unsettle the opposition.

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John Herdman says he will co-operate with Canada Soccer probe into spy scandal

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John Herdman says he will co-operate with a Canada Soccer review into what CEO and general secretary Kevin Blue called what appears to be 'a systemic ethical shortcoming' within the organization in the wake of a mushrooming spying scandal…

Canada's Christine Sinclair: 'We were never shown drone footage'

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Canada soccer great Christine Sinclair said on Friday national team players were never shown drone footage during the more than two decades she was on the team, following a spying scandal that cast a shadow over the Canadians at the Paris…

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Thousands of fans take place along River Seine for rainy Olympic opening ceremony

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Athletes are making their way down the Seine River through France's capital to mark the official opening of the Paris Olympics.

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Suspected train sabotage, bad weather dampen spirits ahead of Paris opening ceremony

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The Paris Olympics are getting off to a rough start, with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France's flagship high-speed rail network.

Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

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Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River.

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Celine Dion performs at the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Beloved Canadian icon Celine Dion made her much-anticipated appearance during the closing of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony.

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Paris Olympics begin with unique opening ceremony along the Seine

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The Paris Summer Olympics officially get underway today with a unique opening ceremony. Instead of marching into a stadium, representatives from more than 200 competing countries will enter the Games on boats along the River Seine.

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Jays' shoddy season worsens with 13-0 loss to Rays, Bassitt says everyone to blame

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Chris Bassitt declared everyone in the Toronto Blue Jays organization should bear the blame for its shoddy season.

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Canadian Olympic Committee CEO says soccer coach Bev Priestman likely aware of spying

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Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker says the head coach of the national women's soccer team was likely aware drones were used to spy on another team's practices in France.

Canada Soccer head investigating 'systemic ethical shortcoming' amid spying scandal

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Canada Soccer chief executive officer Kevin Blue said he was investigating a potential 'systemic ethical shortcoming' within the program but has not considered pulling the women's soccer team from the Paris Olympics due to a drone spying…

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Canadian Olympic Committee removes women's soccer team's head coach over drone scandal

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The Canadian Olympic Committee has removed women's national soccer team head coach Bev Priestman over a drone scandal, according to a press release from the organization.

Thursday, Jul 25

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How will Team Canada do this Olympics? Here's a forecast

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Fewer Canadians are expected to reach the Paris podium than in the previous two Olympic Summer Games, a global data analytics company predicts.

Australian field hockey player opts to amputate part of his finger in order to compete in Paris Olympics

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In the run up to the Paris Olympics, athletes have been stepping up their preparations in order to maintain their edge over competitors. But for Australia’s Matt Dawson, those preparations looked a little different this year, with the…

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Canadian Brooklyn McDougall skates in Winter Olympics, paints in Paris Summer Games

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Canadian speedskater Brooklyn McDougall's portraits of the first women to win Olympic gold medals at the Paris Games of 1900 were unveiled Thursday in front of an audience that included International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

Canada to bring home fewest Olympic medals since 2012, according to forecaster

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Fewer Canadians are expected to reach the Paris podium than in the previous two Olympic Summer Games, a global data analytics company predicts.

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What is WADA, why is the FBI investigating it and why is it feuding with U.S. anti-doping officials?

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The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new. They've been going at it for decades.

Migrants and homeless people are cleared out of Paris during the Olympics

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Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police Thursday, the latest group of migrants and homeless people to be driven out of the city ahead of the…

French sprinter will wear a cap during Olympic opening ceremony after hijab dispute is resolved

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French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of…

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Defending champion Canada tops New Zealand 2-1 in Olympic women's soccer opener

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The Canadian women's soccer team is opening the Paris Games with a 2-1 victory over New Zealand.

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Workers go on strike at five-star Paris hotel where IOC members are staying for Olympics

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Workers went on strike Thursday at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying, walking out just a day before the opening ceremony of the Games.

Argentina coach slams chaotic 'scandal' at Olympic soccer match vs 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 Argentina's coach called the scene "a scandal."

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What the F1 grid for 2025 looks like so far: Max Verstappen commits, despite speculation

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After French driver Esteban Ocon signed a contract Thursday to partner rookie Ollie Bearman at Haas, five Formula One teams have now completed their lineups for next season. Five seats at four teams remain unfilled.

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Grindr is limiting location services at the Olympics to protect LGBTQ2S+ athletes

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People looking for love with an Olympic athlete could have a difficult time this year: Grindr, the LGBTQ2S+ dating app, has disabled some of its location-sharing features to protect athletes from harassment or prosecution.

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Canada's Leylah Fernandez gets Olympic 1st round challenge in Muchova

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Canadian tennis player Leylah Annie Fernandez will be facing a big challenge in the first round of the women's singles competition at the Paris Olympic Games when she takes on Czech player Karolina Muchova.

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Canadian women's soccer team staffer given suspended prison sentence over drone incident, prosecutor says

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A Canada women's soccer team staffer has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence after flying a drone to film the closed-door training session of the New Zealand team on Monday, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Palestinian Olympic team greeted with cheers and gifts in Paris

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Palestinian Olympic athletes were greeted with a roar of a crowd and gifts of food and roses as they arrived in Paris on Thursday, ready to represent war–torn Gaza and the rest of the territories on a global stage.

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Olympians depart Toronto airport to compete at 2024 Paris Games

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Canadian Olympians were given a hero’s send-off at Toronto's Pearson Airport as they departed for the Paris Games on Wednesday night.