Paris (EFE).- The Canadian women's football team was sanctioned with a six-point deduction in the Olympic tournament for spying with drones during two training sessions in New Zealand before its debut at Paris 2024.
This is what FIFA reported this Saturday in a press release in which it explained that in addition to deducting six points – it had three for its victory against New Zealand – it was sanctioned with a fined 200,000 Swiss francs and Bev Priestman, Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander were suspended from all football-related activities for a year.
Prior to the match between Canada and New Zealand, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) reviewed the July 22 drone incident in Saint-Étienne reported by New Zealand, and after learning of a second drone incident during From a training session in New Zealand on July 19, the COC removed from the team uncredited analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Mander to whom Lombardi sent a report.
Both were sent home immediately and the committee accepted Priestman's decision not to coach the match against New Zealand on July 25 “to maintain the spirit of sportsmanship”, according to the coach, and on July 26, a day after the match, the Canadian Football Federation suspended the coach for the rest of the Olympic Games since the federation was informed of the use of these devices to spy on its rivals before Paris 2024.
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