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Canada women’s football manager Beverly Priestman will not take charge of her side’s Olympics opener against New Zealand after two members of her backroom staff were sent home for allegedly flying a drone over the Kiwis’ team training session.
Priestman has “voluntarily withdrawn” from Thursday’s match after the New Zealand Olympic Committee reported that a drone had been flown over their training session, on Monday.
Jasmine Mander, Priestman’s assistant, has been sent home along with “unaccredited analyst” Joseph Lombardi.
The Canadian Olympic Committee say a scouting report filed by Lombardi was sent to Mander.
Priestman says she takes responsibility for the actions of her colleagues.
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