Drone Spying Just Cost Canada Women’s Soccer 6 Points in the Paris Olympics

FIFA is coming down hard connected Canada aft adjunct coaches for its Women’s Soccer squad were recovered utilizing drones to spy connected New Zealand practices up of their opening lucifer connected Thursday.

After New Zealand complained, the organizer of Olympic shot tournaments and World Cup games said connected Saturday that it volition dock six points from Canada Women’s Soccer and good the Canadian Soccer Association $226,000. FIFA besides said it volition artifact adjunct coaches Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander, arsenic good arsenic caput manager Beverly Priestman, from participating successful soccer-related enactment for a afloat year. Reports did not accidental what benignant of drone was utilized by the adjunct coaches.

In turn, the caput of Canada’s Olympic Committee, David Shoemaker, said Canada is “exploring options to appeal” the decision. Shoemaker singled retired the six-point fine, calling it “excessively punitive towards our Women’s National Team players – who were not progressive successful immoderate unethical behaviour.”

Priestman has denied being alert of the spy drones, per AP News, but said that, “irrespective of the details, I’m yet accountable.” Priestman oversaw Canada Women’s Soccer arsenic it secured its archetypal golden medal successful the Tokyo Games successful 2021.