The Canadian Cheating Scandal

Edition #127

The Canadians have officially been labeled with the tag, cheaters. You'll probably be surprised to find out who cheated though.

On the world's biggest stage, the Paris Olympics 2024, the Canadian Women's Football Team was caught cheating and received a 6-point penalty for the course of their actions. Read on to find out the timeline of the scandal and more.

Timeline of the Canadian Scandal

Monday, July 22nd: 

The New Zealand players reported to the French police that a drone had been flying over their practices. The police began trying to find the owner, and it turned out that it was Joseph Lombardi's property.

Wednesday, July 24th:

The Canadian Olympic Committee sent home Lombardi and his "boss" Jasmine Mander. The Canadian soccer team's head coach said that she did not order them to do anything, but she's going to take a break from coaching (extremely suspicious).

Thursday, July 25th:

The Canadian team beat the New Zealand team 2-1.

Friday, July 26th:

David Blue, who is the chief executive of Canadian soccer, told reporters that this was a systemic culture. It was then we understood that the men's soccer team had done this multiple times including against the US. According to CBS Sports, in January of 2021, the United States found out that the Canadian men's soccer team was spying on them and did not report them as they wanted to host the World Cup in 2026 alongside Canada and Mexico as they will do.

Saturday, July 27th:

FIFA announced that Priestman, Lombardi, and Mander "were each found responsible for offensive behavior and violation of the principles of fair play." They were all banned for 1 year in soccer, and the Canadian team was docked 6 points.

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The Canadian team have been doing these kinds of acts for a long time. They even did it at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics which was were Canada won the gold medal. Never were they caught until now. The players did not see even a second of the footage obtained by Lombardi's drone. Does that make their win credible?

So, there you have it. The Canadian Cheating Scandal (not by the players, but the coaches).