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A Canada women’s soccer team staff member has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence after flying a drone to film the closed-door training session of the New Zealand women’s soccer team on Monday, the Saint-Etienne prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) formally apologized Wednesday after the New Zealand Olympic Committee lodged a complaint that its women’s soccer team practice was recorded by a drone in Saint-Étienne, a city 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of the French capital, where the match will be played.
Defending Olympic champion Canada is set to play New Zealand on Thursday in a group-stage game.
The COC later announced that two members of the Canadian Olympic Team would be sent home immediately: Joseph Lombardi, who the COC says is an “unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer,” and assistant coach Jasmine Mander, who Lombardi sent his report to.
A Canada women’s soccer team staff member has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence after flying a drone to film the closed-door training session of the New Zealand women’s soccer team on Monday, the Saint-Etienne prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) formally apologized Wednesday after the New Zealand Olympic Committee lodged a complaint that its women’s soccer team practice was recorded by a drone in Saint-Étienne, a city 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of the French capital, where the match will be played.
Defending Olympic champion Canada is set to play New Zealand on Thursday in a group-stage game.
The COC later announced that two members of the Canadian Olympic Team would be sent home immediately: Joseph Lombardi, who the COC says is an “unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer,” and assistant coach Jasmine Mander, who Lombardi sent his report to.