The Pulse: An Olympics spy scandal (2024)

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Why was Canada deducted 6 points? ›

PARIS (AP) — 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.

Canada women's soccer team deducted six points, coach banned

"Using a drone to surveil another team during a closed practice is cheating," Canada's sport minister Carla Qualtrough said in a statement. "It is completely unfair to Canadian players and to opposing teams. It undermines the integrity of the game itself.

While two staff members were caught using drones to spy on the New Zealand team, the fallout has, predictably, cast a shadow over the athletes, let alone Canada as a country. As a Canadian with three children—all three soccer-playing young adults—I lie somewhere between perplexed and gutted.

Two staff members were kicked off the soccer team earlier this week after reports a drone was used to spy on two New Zealand practices. Priestman voluntarily removed herself from Canada's 2-1 win over New Zealand in St-Etienne to open the Olympic tournament and said she didn't direct individuals to spy on New Zealand.

The six-point deduction means that despite having beaten New Zealand 2-1 in their first match of the Paris Games last Thursday, Canada go into their second game, against hosts France in Saint-Etienne on Sunday, with minus three points.

Annexation was never a very popular choice. Many Canadians were loyal to the Crown and Great Britain, especially the descendants of the United Empire Loyalists. French Canadians worried about being an even smaller minority in a larger union, and were concerned about American anti-Catholicism.

All operators of foreign drones must follow the FAA's Remote ID guidelines to operate in the United States. If the foreign drone has FAA remote ID broadcasting capabilities and is registered in a country outside of the United States, then you must submit a Notice of Identification (NOI) to the FAA before you fly.

Banned coach Bev Priestman 'heartbroken' and apologizes in Canada drone-spying scandal at Olympics. MARSEILLE, France (AP) — 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.

FIFA says it's deducting six points from the Canadian women's Olympic soccer team and banning three coaches for one year, including head coach Bev Priestman. The decision comes after some staff members on the team were accused of using a drone to spy on other teams at the Olympics and other events.

In 1943, in the middle of the Second World War, Gouzenko was working in the cipher section of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. This is where he discovered the existence in Canada of a number of spy rings run by Colonel Zabotin, a Soviet military attaché at the embassy.

What is the movie about Team Canada in 1972? ›

Canada Russia '72 is a 2006 Canadian docudrama miniseries about the 1972 Summit Series, a series of exhibition ice hockey games between state amateurs of the Soviet Union and professional players from Canada. The two-part miniseries was directed by T. W. Peaco*cke and written by Barrie Dunn and Malcolm MacRury.

Most expected that Canada would handily defeat the Soviet Union, but this confidence quickly disappeared when Canada lost the first game. The series was tied heading into the final game in Moscow, which ended in dramatic fashion, with Paul Henderson scoring in the final seconds to give Canada the victory.

Canada's camp was thrown into disarray earlier this week after two team staffers were sent home for allegedly using a drone to spy on a New Zealand practice. Priestman stepped aside for the team's Olympic opener — a 2-1 victory over New Zealand — and interim coach Andy Spence led the team.

Canada boycotts 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Sources told Canada's TSN, which is partially owned by ESPN, that Canada Soccer staffers used drones to spy on other teams' closed-door practices even during the team's gold medal-winning Tokyo Olympics run. The sources also allege drones were used to film Panama and Honduras women's team practices after those Games.

PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - Canada were deducted six points in the Olympic women's soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing body FIFA said on Saturday, following a drone spying scandal that has tainted their gold medal defence.

The points deduction, if upheld by CAS judges, does not eliminate Canada from the tournament. It could mean the team must win all three games in Group A and hope to advance with three points, likely as runner-up in the standings. "Devastating. Reckless and shameful for the staff to put these players in this position.

MARSEILLE, France -- Canada women's soccer coach Bev Priestman has been suspended from coaching for one year and the Canadian team has been penalized six points during the Olympics, FIFA announced Saturday after investigating charges that Canada staff members used a drone to spy on an opponent's closed practice session ...

Answer and Explanation: Canada left the British Empire in the aftermath of World War I around the same time Australia and other British colonies did. This was part of British attempts to downsize their liabilities in the wake of the expense that World War I brought.