Canadian women’s soccer team loses six points, coach banned over drone scandal

27 July 2024 , 20:17

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Canadian women’s soccer team loses six points, coach banned over drone scandal

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.

The Canadian Soccer Association were also fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,346) in a case that rocked the Paris Games.

Priestman, who has coached the team since 2020 and led them to the Olympic title in Tokyo a year later, and Canadian officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander have been banned from any soccer-related activity for one year for "offensive behaviour and violation of the principles of fair play", FIFA said.

David Wilson