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Canada women's football squad play France for Olympic future amid spy row

World football's governing body Fifa suspended the Canada women's football squad coach Bev Priestman for a year after two of her staff used a drone to spy on a rival's training session. © REUTERS - Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Defending champions Canada face elimination from the Olympic women's football tournament on Sunday after world football's governing body Fifa docked the team six points for spying on opponents.

Coach Beverly Priestman, who led them to Olympic glory in Tokyo in 2021, was suspended for a year after some of her staff deployed a drone to peer into New Zealand's training session just before their opening game last Thursday in Saint-Etienne.

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