PARIS, 26 (dpa/EP)
Canadian women's soccer coach Bev Priestman has been expelled from the Olympics over allegations of drone spying, after two members of the coaching staff of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion team were fired from the tournament for using drones to spy on rivals New Zealand, who they beat 2-1 in their Paris 2024 debut.
The coach, who decided not to sit on the bench for the first game as the one that took the blame for what happened, will not coach any games at the Games, handing over his job to assistant coach Andy Spence after the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) reported Friday that he had pushed Priestman out.
“Over the past 24 hours, additional information has been brought to our attention regarding the prior use of drones against opponents, prior to the Paris Olympic Games,” Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue said.
The leader explained that “in light of these new revelations” they have decided “to suspend the head coach of the women's football team for the remainder of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, until the end of the independent external review” that they had announced. to perform.
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