The Canadian women’s football team have suspended and sent home their head coach from the Paris Olympics after the ‘drone spying’ scandal deepened. Canada previously dismissed two members of their coaching staff after they were accused of using a drone to fly over and film the training sessions of rivals New Zealand. The Canadian Olympic […]
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BBC pundits criticise ‘disjointed’ Olympics opening ceremony as Paris 2024 begins
Former Team GB Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington branded the Paris 2024 opening ceremony as ‘disjointed’ as athletes were paraded along the River Seine on Friday. For the first time in history, an Olympic opening ceremony was not held inside the stadium of the host city, as Paris opted for a unique approach with over 90 […]
Israel anthem drowned out by boos as fans clash during Olympics football match
Fans at the Paris 2024 Olympics loudly jeered Israel’s national anthem as it was played ahead of their men’s football clash against Mali on Wednesday night. Israel’s presence at the Olympics has been a hot topic given the ongoing war in Gaza, with one French MP saying that Israeli athletes were ‘not welcome in Paris’. […]
Lionel Messi blasts Olympics officials after chaos in Argentina vs Morocco match
Lionel Messi led Argentina’s fury towards FIFA and Olympics officials after Argentina’s football match against Morocco descended into chaos on Wednesday. Argentina were beaten 2-1 by Morocco in their opening game in Group B but the game lasted just over four hours, having initially kicked off at 2pm, following crowd trouble which resulted in every […]
Olympics football match in chaos as every fan is kicked out of stadium after pitch invasion
There was chaos on the first day of the Paris Olympics with the football match between Argentina and Morocco halted by a pitch invasion with fans ordered to leave during a two-hour delay. Morocco looked to be on course to a famous win at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in St-Etienne, leading Argentina 2-1 as the game headed […]
All the full squads and overage players in the men’s football at Paris 2024 Olympics
The men’s football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics gets underway on 24 July with a lot of young talent but a few recognisable faces involved. The 16 countries that qualified for the tournament have 18-man squads, with 15 of the players having to be born on 1 January 2001 or after. That means they […]
Canada Olympic football team sack coaches after using drone to ‘spy’ on rivals
The Canadian women’s football team have sacked two members of staff afterthey were accused of using a drone to ‘spy’ on New Zealand’s team ahead of the Paris Olympics. On Wednesday, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) claimed that a drone caught flying over and filming their training camp belonged to a member of Canada’s […]
Argentina and Spain can follow World Cup joy with Olympic football gold
Missing competitive football? Less than two weeks since Spain won the Euro 2024 final in Berlin the men’s and women’s teams are about to kick-off their campaigns for Olympic gold. The two competitions commence before the official opening ceremony is held with glitz, glamour and pageantry in Paris on Friday and it is no surprise […]
Chelsea announce they’ve signed Olympic football star who has ‘amazing talent’
Chelsea have confirmed they’ve signed Olympic football star Caleb Wiley from Atlanta United, who is a 19-year-old defender with ‘amazing talent’. That’s according to his former manager Gonzalo Pineda – a huge fan of United States international Wiley – who will feature at the Paris Games this summer. ‘What I see from Caleb is this […]
Why does Team GB not have a football team at Paris Olympics 2024?
Great Britain once again does not have a Team GB football team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris – and fans want to know exactly why that’s the case. There was a Team GB men’s football team at London 2012 featuring a number of English and Welsh stars including Micah Richards and Ryan Giggs […]