Canada’s soccer head coach suspended from Olympics in drone spying scandal
Global News
Two staff members were kicked off the soccer team Wednesday following reports a drone was used to spy on New Zealand practices Monday and last Friday.
Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker says the head coach of the national women’s soccer team was likely aware drones were used to spy on an opposing country’s practices in France.
Shoemaker made the comments hours after Bev Priestman was suspended from the Olympic Games early Friday morning.
“One of the key pieces of information was the conclusion from Canada Soccer that she needed to be suspended, based on their accumulation of facts,” Shoemaker said at a news conference at Canada Olympic House.
“I’ve seen some of them, some of the information they have, and we’ve gathered some additional information ourselves that made me conclude that she was highly likely to have been aware of the incident here in St-Etienne.”
Two staff members were kicked off the soccer team Wednesday following reports a drone was used to spy on New Zealand practices Monday and last Friday.
Priestman voluntarily removed herself from Canada’s 2-1 win over New Zealand in St-Etienne to open the Olympic tournament Thursday.
She’d said the previous day she didn’t direct individuals to spy on New Zealand and was “highly disappointed” to learn of it.
Shoemaker said Wednesday he was persuaded that Priestman had “no involvement, no knowledge of the incident,” but his opinion later changed.
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