Canada football staff sent home over Olympic drone scandal

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 25, 2024 3:24 pm

PARIS, France — An assistant coach and an analyst with the Canadian women's football team were sent home from the Olympics Wednesday for their part in a spying scandal.

The analyst, 43-year-old Joey Lombardi, was also given a suspended eight-month prison sentence for flying a drone over a New Zealand training session this week in Saint-Etienne.

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