Canada’s Women Football Team Appealing Olympic Points Deduction

Canada’s women’s football team have launched an appeal against having six points deducted in their Olympic group after a drone was used to spy on a rival team’s training session, but they haven’t appealed against coach Bev Priestman’s one-year ban.

The final decision of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Cas, is expected on Wednesday.

A Cas statement on Monday said Canada seek a decision “either cancelling or reducing the points deduction”.

Canada Soccer said the appeal was based on “the disproportionality of the sanction”.