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FIFA took six points away from Canada in the Olympic women's soccer standings and banned three coaches for one year amid a drone-spying scandal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. News of the decision follows the Canadian Olympic Committee's move to oust the women's national soccer team head coach, Bev Priestman, for the remainder of the Paris Olympic games after the New Zealand Olympic Committee filed a formal complaint about a drone spotted filming its women's soccer team practicing on July 22. Local police detained the alleged drone operator, Joseph Lombardi, described as an "unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer," who subsequently received an eight-month suspended jail sentence and was sent home along with assistant coach Jasmine Mander.
Source: ctvnews.ca
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Marta, a member of the Brazilian national team, said in an interview: "We already knew that playing against the USA was difficult because you have to play against them (the team) and usually against the referees as well." She was right here. There is no heroism or beauty in winning something when the structure benefits you. And there are still idiots who think that politics doesn't mix with the Olympics when USA even uses anti-doping as a political tool.

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