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Canadian women's soccer team loses six points, coach banned over drone scandal

by tagyro on 7/27/24, 7:00 PM with 48 comments

• by clwg on 7/27/24, 7:46 PM

  As a Canadian, this is utterly embarrassing. I can't believe it was happening for years, even at the under-16 level, and was common knowledge.

  I think they should withdraw from the Olympics voluntarily. I get that it sucks for the athletes, but at this point, the best thing they could do is set an example for younger kids. I've seen high school teams get booted from tournaments for less.

• by mikemitchelldev on 7/27/24, 8:17 PM

  Was it considered cheating that the English goalie had statistics about penalty kick preferences of opposing players written on his water bottle (and concealed under a towel) in the semi-finals for the Euros?

• by pupppet on 7/27/24, 9:53 PM

  Did the Canadian players know the staff were doing this?

• by quercusa on 7/27/24, 7:55 PM

  Canada were deducted six points seems odd in US English. Are there other flavo(u)rs where that wouldn't seem weird?

• by corey_moncure on 7/27/24, 7:34 PM

  >New Zealand had complained that Canadian staff flew drones over their training sessions before their opening fixture at the Olympics

  What's the problem with this? I don't get it. Did the rules say no drones over training sessions or something?

• by jmclnx on 7/27/24, 7:37 PM

  And this is a symptom of why I am no longer interested in the Olympics. I mainly lost interest when they started allowing professional athletes to compete. Plus now, based upon various news items, the IOC is riff with graft and bribery.

  In the old days, the Olympics was a venue were aspiring athletes got to get a second chance of turning pro, or at the very least a way for them to get recognition for their hard work. Now in many cases, it is now a bunch of multi-millionaires feeding their somewhat narcissistic drives.

  I won't even go into my belief kids under 18 should not compete in the Olympics.