Canada's appeal against the deduction of six competition points in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The deduction was imposed by FIFA following a drone-spying scandal involving two assistant coaches who spied on New Zealand’s practices before their opening game.
The urgent verdict was delivered just hours before Canada was set to play Colombia in the final round of Group A games. Despite winning both their games against New Zealand and France, Canada found themselves in third place with zero points due to the deduction.
