Olympics, spy drone costs Canada dearly: what a sting!
Spy drone costs Canada dearly. The North Americans have been heavily penalized for spying with a drone on New Zealand's training before the women's soccer match at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Fifa è intervened harshly with an exemplary penalty for the Canadians, who had immediately apologized for their initiative.
Canada thus suffered a 6-point penalty in the standings: the defending Olympic champions, who had beaten New Zealand 2-1 in the first match, now drop in the standings to -3 and are one step away from elimination.
Trouble also for coach Beverly Priestman. The Canada coach, already removed from her federation, è been disqualified for one year by the International Federation.
Canada had apologized for what happened: "The Canadian Olympic Committee è has been informed that an unaccredited member of the team è was arrested by French authorities in Saint-Étienne following a complaint filed by the New Zealand Football Federation on July 22. We can confirm that a staff member used a drone to record the New Zealand women’s soccer team during training. The Canadian Olympic Committee è in favor of fair play and we are shocked and disappointed by this unfortunate incident. We extend our apologies to the New Zealand team and all female soccer players”.
