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Canada axes women's soccer coach from Olympics over drone use - ESPN
Canada's women's national team head coach Bev Priestman has been removed from the country's Olympic team over a scandal involving the use of drones to spy on opponents' practice, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Thursday.
Athletes receive condoms at Olympics Village, dislike anti-sex beds
The decision by the Olympic Games Organisers to use cardboard beds at the Games Village is said to be breeding mixed reactions amongst athletes, reports sportsvillagesquare.com.
‘Badminton banks on Anu’s resilience for success in Paris’
It is not all the time that a particular individual embodies the hopes of a society the way badminton star, Anu Opeyori, is cast. Here is a young man, who a few years ago was sitting listless in the slums of Makoko, Lagos, with little or no idea of what the future had in store for him.
'It's mistakes, isn't it?' - James Topping sums up Ireland's quarter-final defeat in sevens
Ireland head coach James Topping was left to bemoan a series of errors as the team's quest for silverware in the sevens competition came to an end in a 19-15 loss to defending champions Fiji at the Stade de France on Thursday night.
Peaty goes for 'three-peat' to extend rule in the pool
PARIS : Adam Peaty had been burned out and broken, no longer in love with swimming and on the verge of quitting, but the Olympic breaststroke great now has a renewed hunger for success.
'Unaccredited analyst' at centre of Olympic drone scandal is senior Canada Soccer official
The Canada Soccer staffer at the centre of the Olympic Games drone scandal appears to have a more formal, senior role in the organization than what officials previously let on this week, according to online records reviewed by CBC News.
Trinity Rodman flashes new USWNT style in Olympic-opening win - ESPN
NICE, France — Trinity Rodman was nervous on the bus ride into the stadium here Thursday night. It was her first Olympic game for the United States women's national team, and Rodman knew she needed to get touches on the ball before she'd really feel comfortable.