FIFA bans Canadian coaches and deducts them six points. FIFA deducted six points from Canada’s women’s football team and banned two coaches for using a drone to spy on an opponent. The move is a major blow to Canada’s bid to defend their gold medal from the Tokyo Games.
The Olympic men’s and women’s football competitions are run by FIFA. The global governing body of football, which declared the sanctions in a statement on Saturday night Paris time.
FIFA said that its fining Canada Soccer 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,000). In addition, taking away six points from the reigning Olympic gold medalists from Tokyo. For a year, it also prohibited Canadian head coach Bev Priestman assistant coach Jasmine Mander. And analyst Joseph Lombardi from participating in any football-related activities.
The absence of the Canadian women’s team staff personnel won’t actually affect the event. This because Canada Soccer already sent all three of them home.
Given that FIFA expedited its own disciplinary procedure by requesting its appeals judges to handle the case. FIFA bans Canadian coaches and deducts them six points.
Priestman and her two aides were initially named by the FIFA judges. As “responsible for offensive behavior and violation of the principles of fair play.”
Canada Soccer fined for neglecting to make sure that its employees followed the regulations of the competition.
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