Canadian Olympic Committee fires coach after spy scandal

There will be no search for gold. Bev Priestman.

The coach of Canada’s Olympic women’s soccer team has been fired after it was discovered that the coaching staff used drones to spy on the New Zealand team.

“Over the past 24 hours,” said the CEO and general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association. Kevin Blue In a statement issued on July 25, the US State Department said: “We have learned of additional information regarding the use of drones against dissidents, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.”

“In light of these new revelations, the Canadian Soccer Federation has made the decision to suspend women’s national team coach Bev Priestman through the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the completion of the independent external review we recently announced,” he continued.

E! News attempted to reach out to Priestman for comment, but did not receive a response.

Priestman’s suspension comes after an assistant coach and analyst were found to have been spying on New Zealand’s training session with a drone, according to NBC Miami. Yasmine Manderand the analyst, Joseph LombardiThey were allowed to leave before Priestman was stopped.