Paris Olympics: Canada Women’s Football Team Update
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
Despite losing their appeal to the Ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sitting at the Paris Olympics, against their six points deduction (see the Post of 1 August on this website), the Canadian Women’s Football Team have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Olympic Women’s Football Tournament.
The Canadian Team unsuccessfully argued that this penalty, which was imposed following a complaint lodged by the New Zealand Team in respect of drones flying over their training sessions, was too severe.
Canada beat Colombia 1-0 on Wednesday to qualify.
The Canada Soccer Association stated that they were “disappointed” with the appeal dismissal and added:
“[We] …. continue to believe that our players should not have been unnecessarily punished for actions that were not their own.”
In addition, the Association was fined £175,720 by FIFA for the incident.
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