Two Canadian Olympic women’s assistant soccer coaches have been dismissed by the team after two incidents of reportedly using drones to spy on New Zealand’s team ahead of their first match against each other.
Canadian team soccer analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mander were sent home from the Paris Olympics after New Zealand saw Lombardi using a drone during one of their private soccer practices, presumably to get an illegal and unfair advantage on the team’s game plan.
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Schauffele dominated at the Open Championship to earn his second major title, but t television ratings were abysmal.
Xander Schauffele won his second major championship at the Open Championship last Sunday. Royal Troon challenged the golfers with its wild conditions, but it seems the fans were not interested.
However, the television ratings for that final round were reportedly the worst in almost a decade. NBC and Peacock drew in 3.39 million viewers to watch Schauffele win by two shots, per Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal.
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The Winter Olympics are officially headed back to Salt Lake City in 2034, but the International Olympic Committee seemed to stick a bit of a condition on the deal.
It has long been expected that Salt Lake would get its second crack at hosting the Games having done so in 2002, but it was made official Wednesday with an 83-6 vote.
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McLaren believe a ‘small glitch’ led to Lando Norris’ shaky start in the Hungarian Grand Prix
In the hours and days since the Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren has faced questions regarding how they handled guiding Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to a one-two finish, the first for the team since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. Much of the focus has been on the set of team orders given to Norris late in the race after he took the lead when the team called him into the pits ahead of Piastri, who was leading the race.
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Unrivaled, a new three-on-three basketball league launched by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, announced the addition of Angel Reese on Wednesday.
Angel Reese is officially joining Unrivaled, a new three-on-three women’s basketball league tipping off in Miami in January. The league officially announced the rookie sensation’s participation on Wednesday morning on X, adding another name to the growing list of basketball stars committed to staying in the US during the WNBA offseason.