PARIS: Canada were deducted six points in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing...
Canada were deducted six points in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing body FIFA said on Saturday, following a drone spying scandal that has tainted their gold medal defence.
New Zealand had complained that Canadian staff flew drones over their training sessions before their opening fixture at the Olympics, which Canada won 2-1. Canada Soccer CEO and General Secretary, Kevin Blue, described the FIFA decision as “excessively punitive” towards the players. The incident caused Priestman and the other officials involved to be suspended by Canada Soccer, the sport’s national governing body, and sent home from the Games.
In a job advertisement on Canada Soccer’s website in January, the women’s national team said it was seeking a performance analyst who was “able to operate drone” and a “working knowledge of managing training camera is preferred.”
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