Olympics-Soccer-Canadian women's team loses six points, coach banned over drone scandal

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Group B - Canada Training - Avenger Park, Melbourne, Australia - July 30, 2023 Canada coach Bev Priestman during training REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -Canada were deducted six points in the Olympic women's soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing body FIFA said on Saturday, following a drone spying scandal that has tainted their gold medal defence.

The Canadian Soccer Association, which said it was exploring how it could appeal the six-point deduction, was also fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,346) in a case that rocked the Paris Games.