Bev Priestman is out as head coach of the Canadian women’s soccer team in the wake of an independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian women’s soccer head coach Priestman receiving salary while suspended
Nearly two months after announcing an independent, external review into the Paris Olympics drone spying scandal, Canada Soccer, like everyone else, is waiting on its findings. And suspended women’s head coach Bev Priestman continues to get paid. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Priestman emails show Canada Soccer spying may have been regular practice
Emails released by FIFA indicate drone usage for the purposes of spying may have been a common practice across Canada Soccer’s senior national teams. CBC | Sports News
Read More »FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic soccer, bans coach Bev Priestman for 1 year in drone spying scandal
FIFA came down hard on Canada Soccer on Saturday for a drone spying scandal, deducting six points from the Canadian women’s soccer team at the Paris Games and banning three staff members, including head coach Bev Priestman, for one year each. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Olympic Committee CEO says soccer coach Bev Priestman likely aware of spying
Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker says the head coach of the national women’s soccer team was likely aware drones were used to spy on another team’s practices in France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada Soccer suspends women’s head coach Priestman for remainder of Paris Olympics
Canadian women’s soccer head coach Bev Priestman has been suspended for the remainder of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by Canada Soccer, the organization announced in a statement on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Priestman had to make some tough decisions in choosing roster to defend women’s soccer gold
As Canada, the reigning Olympics champions, head back to defend their title, there are nerves, excitement, and confidence. But the mood among Canadian fans and some in the soccer community is more tense. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘I lost my way’: Priestman reflects on difficult 2023 ahead of women’s soccer Olympic title defence
As CBC Sports senior contributor Shireen Ahmed writes, Canada’s women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman reached arguably the greatest moment in Canadian soccer history and then experienced what she calls her professional low point. The 38-year-old looks to inspire a new, positive chapter at Paris 2024. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Bev Priestman wants Canadian players to be themselves while pushing for Olympic spots
Bev Priestman, Canada’s women’s national soccer team head coach, doesn’t want her players to put additional pressure on themselves as they fight for roster spots in two upcoming pre-Olympic friendlies against Mexico. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Injuries forcing Canada coach Priestman to juggle lineups ahead of SheBelieves Cup
Canada coach Bev Priestman finds herself having to play injury Whac-A-Mole in the lead-up to this summer’s Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
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