Canada On Friday, he fired his women's football coach, Bev Priestmanof the rest of the Paris Olympics after new evidence of the spy with a drone to a rival team.

The decision by the North American team, current Olympic champion, comes a day after Jasmine Mandrethe team assistant and analyst Joey Lombardi were sent home for using a drone to film a training session of New Zealand, one of their group stage rivals at the Games.

Lombardi was arrested by French police and given an eight-month suspended prison sentence in a case that will be investigated by the FIFA.

“Over the past 24 hours, we have received additional information regarding the use of drones against opponents ahead of the Games,” said Kevin Blue, executive director of the Canadian Soccer Federation (Canada Soccer).

“In light of these new revelations, Canada Soccer has taken the decision to suspend the coach of the women's national soccer team, Bev Priestmanfor the remainder of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and until the completion of our recently announced independent external review,” Blue announced.

Canada, for Olympic gold

The Canadian team, which is defending the gold medal won at the last Tokyo 2020 Games, lost on Thursday New Zealand 2-1 in his debut in the Olympic football tournament, which began just days before the opening ceremony on Friday.

Following the controversy, Priest He was not on the bench for Canada's debut, but his return was expected for Sunday's second match against France in Group A, which also includes Colombia.

Your assistant Andy Spence will lead the team for the remainder of the Games, Canada Soccer said. (AFP)