The 2024 Paris Olympic football event has been hit by major controversy.
The Canadian women’s football team have been hit with a point deduction at the Olympics after the drone scandal.They claim a drone was used to infiltrate a training session at their base in St Etienne ahead of the match against Canada at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
On Saturday evening, it was announced that Canada have been hit with a six-point deduction and manager Bev Priestman has been banned for one year.said: “CSA was found responsible for failing to respect the applicable FIFA regulations in connection with its failure to ensure the compliance of its participating officials of the OFT with the prohibition on flying drones over any training sites.
“The officials were each found responsible for offensive behaviour and violation of the principles of fair play in connection with the CSA’s Women’s representative team’s drones usage in the scope of the OFT.”It continued: “CSA and its officials have been notified of the terms of the FIFA Appeal Committee’s decision today.
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