Canada faces more allegations of drone use as scandal widens

Marseille, France:A complaint against the Canadian women s national team for filming an opponent s training session was made at the 2022 CONCACAF W Ch...

Marseille, France: A complaint against the Canadian women's national team for filming an opponent's training session was made at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, which served as a qualification tournament for last summer's Women's World Cup.

The revelation is part of the fallout of an alleged drone spying scandal at the Olympics that has rocked Canada, the defending champions.

FIFA banned coach Bev Priestman - who had already been sent home from France - for a year and imposed a hefty $226,000 fine on Canada Soccer.

Soccer's world governing body also docked Canada six points in the Olympics women’s soccer tournament.

Canada was looking into an appeal, but the incident has raised questions about the practices of its men’s and women’s soccer teams and how widespread the issue could be. Canadian officials said they suspected a "systemic ethical shortcoming."