Olympic newsletter: Women's soccer team does it, Summer goes for another gold
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Canada reach Olympic quarter-finals despite six-point deduction
PARIS :Defending champions Canada reached the quarter-finals of the women's Olympic football tournament on Wednesday thanks to a 1-0 win over Colombia in Nice hours after they had an appeal against their six-point deduction dismissed.
Canada makes Olympic quarterfinals after 6-point spying penalty - ESPN
Vanessa Gilles scored in the 62nd minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Colombia and send the team into the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday despite losing six points in the tournament because of a drone spying scandal.
Canada loses appeal, as drone-spying scandal could spread to 2026 World Cup
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.
Paris 2024: Canada loses points deduction appeal over drone spying scandal
Canada’s women’s team have lost their appeal against a six-point deduction at the Paris Olympics after a drone was used to spy on a rival team’s training session.
Priestman emails show Canada Soccer spying may have been regular practice
Emails released by FIFA indicate drone usage for the purposes of spying may have been a common practice across Canada Soccer's senior national teams.
2024 Olympic Games: What Canada women need to do to qualify - ESPN
The group stage of the 2024 Olympic Games women's soccer tournament draws to a close on Wednesday, with Canada's women looking to overcome the odds and qualify despite having six points deducted over a drone-spying scandal.
Canada Soccer appeal of penalty to women's Olympic team dismissed
A sports arbitration court on Wednesday dismissed Canada's appeal of a six-point penalty against its Olympic women's soccer team in the wake of a drone spying scandal.