- Canada coach sent home after drone incident
- Olympic champions docked six points
Sport Canada is withholding funding relating to the country’s women’s football coach, Bev Priestman, and two other suspended team officials, calling the drone scandal that has engulfed the team a national embarrassment.
Canada were docked six points – a huge blow to their hopes of retaining the Olympic title they won at the Tokyo Games – after it emerged they had used drones to spy on opponents. Fifa also banned Priestman and officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander from any football-related activity for one year.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/28/canada-cuts-priestman-funding-as-minister-says-spy-scandal-has-embarrassed-nation
Author : Reuters and Guardian sport
Publish date : 2024-07-28 14:04:53
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