Olympic Drone Scandal: Canada Sends Assistant Coach And Analyst Home For Spying Over New Zealand Team
5 months ago

Olympic Drone Scandal: Canada Sends Assistant Coach And Analyst Home For Spying Over New Zealand Team

News 18  

An assistant coach and an analyst with the Canadian women’s football team were sent home from the Olympics Wednesday for their part in a spying scandal. Head coach Bev Priestman also announced she will take no part in the opening game of Canada’s gold medal defence, against New Zealand on Thursday. The Canadian Olympic Committee said it had since learned of a second incident involving New Zealand, who formally lodged a complaint with the IOC integrity unit and demanded answers from Canada. “On behalf of our entire team, I first and foremost want to apologise to the players and staff at New Zealand Football and to the players on Team Canada,” she said. Accordingly, to emphasise our team’s commitment to integrity, I have decided to voluntarily withdraw from coaching the match.” New Zealand Football said Thursday they have referred the matter to the disciplinary committee of football’s governing body FIFA seeking “urgent action”.

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Canada Soccer fires Priestman as women’s football coach after Olympic drone scandal review
1 month, 1 week ago

Canada Soccer fires Priestman as women’s football coach after Olympic drone scandal review

The Hindu  

Bev Priestman will not return as head coach of the Canadian women’s football team following an independent report into the use of drones to spy on an opponent at this year’s Paris Olympics, Canada Soccer said on Tuesday. Canada Soccer released only a redacted copy of the summary report but acknowledged the Paris drone incident was a symptom of a …

Canada Women’s coaches ‘directed, approved and condoned’ using drones to spy on opponents, report finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Canada Women’s coaches ‘directed, approved and condoned’ using drones to spy on opponents, report finds

New York Times  

Members of Canada Women’s coaching team were asked by senior coaching staff to fly drones over a New Zealand practice session and obtain “surreptitious film footage” before the Paris Olympics on July 20 and 22, 2024, according to an independent investigation. Canada Soccer said Bev Priestman, who was sent home from the Olympics and then suspended by world governing body …

Paris Olympics drone inquiry shows unacceptable pattern: Canada Soccer
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics drone inquiry shows unacceptable pattern: Canada Soccer

The Hindu  

An independent review of drone use by a staff member of Canada’s women’s team at this year’s Paris Olympics showed a “pattern of unacceptable culture” and lack of oversight, Canada Soccer said on Friday. Canada’s women’s team was engulfed in a spying scandal at the Games after New Zealand’s team said its training session was disrupted by a drone flown …

Canada Soccer Association says Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada Soccer Association says Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep

Associated Press  

TORONTO — The Canadian Soccer Association says an independent review confirmed the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue said in a statement Friday the spying “was a symptom of a past pattern of an unacceptable culture and insufficient oversight within the national teams.” Canada Soccer announced July 31 it had retained Sonia …

Spiraling drone-spying scandal at Olympics risks damage to Canadian soccer ahead of 2026 World Cup
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Spiraling drone-spying scandal at Olympics risks damage to Canadian soccer ahead of 2026 World Cup

Associated Press  

PARIS — Canadian soccer officials admitted in evidence to FIFA that spying on opponents was routinely done, for the men’s national team as well as the women’s team which has been punished for using drones at the Paris Olympics. Spying was something the Canada women’s team “has ‘always done’ and it was the ‘difference between winning and losing,’” FIFA appeals …

Drone-spying scandal: Canada challenges 6-points deduction by FIFA at Paris Olympics court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Drone-spying scandal: Canada challenges 6-points deduction by FIFA at Paris Olympics court

Associated Press  

PARIS — Canada appealed against being docked six points by FIFA in a drone-spying scandal at the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament, and a verdict is expected hours before the team plays its last group-stage game Wednesday. FIFA punished Olympic defending champion Canada on Saturday — and banned coach Bev Priestman and two assistant coaches for one year — for …

Banned coach Bev Priestman ‘heartbroken’ and apologizes in Canada drone-spying scandal at Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Banned coach Bev Priestman ‘heartbroken’ and apologizes in Canada drone-spying scandal at Olympics

Associated Press  

MARSEILLE, France — Embattled Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman apologized to her players Sunday and pledged to cooperate with an investigation into the drone-spying scandal at the Paris Olympics. There was little sympathy from Germany coach Horst Hrubesch, who said Canada’s behavior was “stupidity.” Canada was looking into an appeal, but said they suspected a “systemic ethical shortcoming.” Also …

Canada's Olympic spying scandal casts pall over its rise in soccer
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Canada's Olympic spying scandal casts pall over its rise in soccer

LA Times  

So now we know what helped fuel Canadian soccer’s rise from pretender to global contender. Last week, the women’s national team was caught spying on New Zealand in advance of the Olympic opener for both countries, and the damage that has done to Canadian soccer two years before the World Cup returns to North America could be devastating. Herdman had …

Drone-spying scandal: FIFA strip Canada of 6 points in Olympic women's football, bans coaches for one year
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Drone-spying scandal: FIFA strip Canada of 6 points in Olympic women's football, bans coaches for one year

Hindustan Times  

FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone spying scandal. FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s football tournament and banned three coaches, including Bev Priestman, for one year each on Saturday The stunning swath of punishments include …

Drone-spying scandal: FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic women’s soccer, bans coaches 1 year
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Drone-spying scandal: FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic women’s soccer, bans coaches 1 year

Associated Press  

PARIS — FIFA docked six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone-spying scandal. “In support of the athletes, together with Canada Soccer, we are exploring rights of appeal related to the six-point deduction at this Olympic tournament.” Head coach Bev Priestman, who led Canada …

AP PHOTOS: Warming up for the 2024 Paris Olympics
4 months, 4 weeks ago

AP PHOTOS: Warming up for the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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The Paris Olympics Already Has Its First Drone Controversy
5 months ago

The Paris Olympics Already Has Its First Drone Controversy

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand says it has complained to the International Olympic Committee’s integrity unit after a drone flown over a New Zealand women’s soccer team training session was found to be operated by a member of the Canadian team’s support staff. “The NZOC has formally lodged the incident with the IOC integrity unit and …

1,000 people suspected of spying have been blocked from Olympics, French official says
5 months ago

1,000 people suspected of spying have been blocked from Olympics, French official says

Associated Press  

PARIS — Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics — one of the security challenges that Paris is cracking down on in its goal to keep Games safe for athletes and fans. Out of them, “there …

US lending support to help fend off cyber, disinformation attacks on Paris Olympics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US lending support to help fend off cyber, disinformation attacks on Paris Olympics

Politico  

McConnell noted that this includes the U.S. “sharing threat information and working with critical infrastructure both in the U.S. and in France,” adding that CISA personnel will be part of the U.S. Government’s Joint Operations Center in Paris to provide expertise. Anne Neuberger, White House deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, said at an event hosted by …

Chief financial prosecutor says investigation into Paris Olympics did not uncover serious corruption
1 year, 3 months ago

Chief financial prosecutor says investigation into Paris Olympics did not uncover serious corruption

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s top financial prosecutor said Wednesday that investigations into the organization of the 2024 Paris Olympics have not revealed any serious corruption or influence peddling, and that his goal is not to disrupt the event. Speaking in an interview with RTL radio, Jean-Francois Bohnert said the potential infractions currently investigated by the the financial prosecutor’s office are “mainly …

Police raid Paris 2024 Olympics HQ in suspected corruption probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Police raid Paris 2024 Olympics HQ in suspected corruption probe

Firstpost  

According to an official with the financial prosecutor’s office, the searches are linked to two preliminary investigations related to the Paris Olympics that had not previously been made public. In a case of suspected corruption, cops on Tuesday searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers, according to the national financial prosecutor’s office. An official with the financial prosecutor’s office said …

Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal
1 year, 6 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal

Associated Press  

PARIS — French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to prosecutors, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics. The prosecutor’s office said that case targets suspected conflict of interest and favoritism involving several contracts reached by the organizing committee and Solideo, …

French investigators raid offices of Paris Olympic organizers in corruption probe
1 year, 6 months ago

French investigators raid offices of Paris Olympic organizers in corruption probe

LA Times  

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of an IOC meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Tuesday. French investigators searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to officials — the third consecutive time that graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics. IOC President Thomas Bach …

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