The Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Football Federation have appealed the six-point deduction FIFA handed down to its women’s soccer team, the reigning Olympic champions, for spying with drones on training in New Zealand because they consider that the appeal “unfairly penalizes female. athletes.”
“The appeal is based on the disproportionality of the penalty, which we believe unfairly punishes the athletes for actions in which they had no part and more than restoring justice to the match against New Zealand,” the statement published this Monday.
A court for the Paris Games
The appeal was presented to the Ad Hoc Court of the Paris Court of Arbitration for Sport for the Olympic Games, which allows matters to be dealt with quickly during the Olympic event.
FIFA also fined coach Bev Priestman, non-accredited analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mander from participating in any football-related activity for a year, but they did not do so.
Finally, they noted that, to preserve the integrity of the appeals process, they would wait until it was concluded to make further comments.
In the eligibility options
Canada, despite winning its two matches against New Zealand and France, has no points due to sanctions and is third in Group A, tied with New Zealand, while Colombia and France are first and second, respectively, with three points each. Despite having no points, Canada has a mathematical chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals.
The Ad Hoc Court of the Paris Court of Arbitration for Sport for the Olympic Games announced that its decision on Canada’s appeal will be issued around noon on Wednesday, the day the American team faces Colombia at 9:00 pm
Source: La Verdad
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