Canada loses its appeal against a points deduction for drone spying in Olympic women’s soccer

Canada loses its appeal against a points deduction for drone spying in Olympic women’s soccer Canada lost its appeal against the deduction of six competition points following a drone-spying scandal in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday said its panel of three judges dismissed Canada’s appeal and confirmed the six-point deduction imposed Saturday by FIFA. Two assistant coaches used drones to spy on New Zealand’s practices last week before their opening game. The urgent verdict was delivered less than eight hours before defending Olympic champion Canada was scheduled to play Colombia at Nice in the final round of games in Group A. Canada was third in the standings with zero points despite winning both its games, against New Zealand and France. Canada can still advance to the quarterfinals with a win Wednesday that would lift the team into first or second place. The top two in each of the three groups advance, plus two third-placed teams.