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Canada Soccer has been sanctioned and docked 6 points at Paris 2024, while coach Bev Priestman has been banned from football for 12 months.

Priestman, Jasmine Mander and Joseph Lombardi have all been suspended from taking part in any football-related activity for one year

The Canadian women’s football have been docked six points by FIFA, while head coach Bev Priestman is banned for a year.

Harsh sanctions from FIFA for the Canadian women's national team.

Bev Priestman has received a one-year ban from Fifa, while Canada have been docked six points in the women’s football tournament

FIFA suspends Canada women’s soccer team head coach and staff for drone incident at Olympics, impacting team's participation.

Two other coaches banned by Fifa after drones used, while country are docked six points in Olympic group

The Canadian women’s soccer team has become the centre of controversy after reports from the 2024 Paris Olympics revealed the team used a drone to observe the New Zealand soccer team’s training sessions. That has led to New Zealand’s team lodging a formal complaint with the International Olympic Committee.

Claims that drone use was not a one-off cast doubt over Bev Priestman’s future in women’s game and team’s 2021 glory

Head coach Bev Priestman was sent home from Paris after new allegations emerged, citing “years” of filming opponents’ practices by both the women’s and men’s teams.

Priestman was sent home from Paris after drones were use to spy on Canada’s Olympics opponents.