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The fall-out has been swift as the Olympics spy-gate" controversy deepened. Photo: AFP It is the drone heard around the world. New Zealand has found itself at the centre of one of the major international storylines of the Paris Olympic Games days out from the opening, as the "spy-gate" controversy deepened. The scandal kicked off when it was revealed that a rogue support staffer with Canada's women's football team had flown a drone over the Football Ferns training as part of a scouting mission. Following internal investigations, the Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed the staffer had also filmed a second, earlier Ferns training session. The fall-out has been swift. Canada head coach Bev Priestman has stood herself down from overseeing Friday's opening match against New Zealand, while J...

Canada's head coach, and the former head of Football New Zealand, Bev Priestman. Photo: AFP The Canadian women's football team head coach - and former head of NZ Football - will stand down for the match against the Football Ferns. It came as a second drone incident was revealed by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC). NZOC said Team Canada confirmed a second incident took place on 19 July, three days before the latest drone was caught by the Football Ferns. Both incidents occurred in St Etienne where the two teams were due to play. Canada's assistant coach and an analyst have been kicked out of the Olympic squad after New Zealand said its team had their training session disrupted by a drone flown by a staff member of their Group A opponents. Head coach Bev Priestman also removed her...

Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing near Port Macquarie in New South Wales when a 3m great white shark bit him. Photo: GoFundMe/supplied By Hannah Ritchie, BBC News, Sydney The severed leg of a surfer who was attacked by a shark has washed up on an Australian beach, with doctors now racing to see if it can be reattached. Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing near Port Macquarie in New South Wales on Tuesday, when a 3m great white shark bit him. He managed to catch a wave into shore, where an off-duty police officer used a makeshift tourniquet to stem his bleeding, according to authorities. His leg washed up a short time later and was put on ice by locals before being taken to hospital, where a medical team is now assessing surgery options. McKenzie - who is a sponsored surfer - remains in a serious b...

By Katie Falkingham for BBC Charlotte Dujardin. Photo: photosport With the Paris 2024 Olympics just days away, the equestrian world has been rocked by the news of Charlotte Dujardin's withdrawal, and subsequent provisional suspension, after footage emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse. The video, since obtained by the BBC, shows Dujardin repeatedly striking the horse with a long whip around its legs. Here, BBC Sport recaps what happened, the reaction, and looks at what happens next. Who is Charlotte Dujardin? Dujardin, 39, made her name at the London 2012 Olympics, when she won individual and team dressage gold on Valegro. Four years later, they won individual gold and team silver, before Dujardin sealed double bronze on Gio at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Dujardin is also a two...