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. Priestman herself has meanwhile issued a statement of apology.
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 the Englishwoman Priestman and the officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander from any football-related activity for one year.
