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The Canadian women's Olympic football team have been docked six points and three coaches have been banned for a year over a drone spying scandal. Two assistant coaches were caught flying a drone over their New Zealand opponents' training session before their opening game on Wednesday. FIFA has deducted six points from Canada and fined the country's soccer federation 200,000 Swiss francs (£176,000), while English head coach Bev Priestman, Joseph […]

Three members of the US family gospel group The Nelons were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming. Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark, and their daughter, Amber Nelon Kistler died on Friday while taking a flight to perform on a cruise ship. Nelon Kistler's husband, Nathan Kistler, family friend Melodi Hodges, and Larry and Melissa Haynie, were also killed in the crash.Autumn Nelon Streetman, the […]

Athletes floating by were immersed in a journey through French culture and values.An Olympic city's landmarks took centre stage like never before in an opening ceremony. All while projecting Paris as a hub of creativity, technological innovation and revolutionary zeal from the past to the present.This was a daring vision delivered in the most testing of conditions. Image: The France Olympic team. Pic: PA Terror fears forced a scaling back […]

When it comes to artistic swimming, Russia is an Olympic powerhouse. The national team has won every single event - team and duet - for the last six games in a row.But they won't be taking any gold medals home from Paris. As a nation, Russia has been banned following its invasion of Ukraine. Paris Olympics 2024 latest: Celine Dion sings from Eiffel TowerMayya Doroshko would have been on the […]

An alleged Mexican drug cartel leader arrested in Texas was duped into flying to the US, officials have said.Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was detained on Thursday alongside Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The pair were arrested in El Paso, Texas, and are alleged to have been leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, which the US Justice Department described as "one of the most […]

Before the starting pistol has officially been fired, the Paris 2024 Olympics has faced a number of controversies.With the opening ceremony of the games taking place along the River Seine at 7.30pm local time (6.30pm UK time) on Friday, travel disruption has left some panicking about whether they will be able to attend. Chaos erupted on Friday morning after vandals carried out arson attacks on France's high-speed train network, causing […]

Former president Barack Obama told Kamala Harris he "couldn't be prouder" as he endorsed her to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate for the US election.Mr Obama had so far remained quiet after other top Democrats gave the US vice president their backing in the days after Mr Biden pulled out of the race on Sunday. He also released a statement after Mr Biden's decision which suggested he was […]

The son of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been arrested. Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested alongside his father's former partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who co-founded the Sinaloa Cartel with El Chapo. Zambada, who is deemed one of the most consequential traffickers in Mexico's history, and Guzman Lopez were arrested in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, the US Justice Department said. Image: Joaquin Guzman Lopez […]

Kamala Harris's step-daughter has pushed back against JD Vance after a clip resurfaced of him calling the vice president one of the Democrats' "childless cat ladies".The Republican nominee for vice president - picked by Donald Trump as his running mate earlier this month - attacked Ms Harris and other Democrats for being "a bunch of childless cat ladies... miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made" in […]