ドローン偵察でカナダ代表スタッフ追放　パリ五輪サッカー女子

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】パリ五輪で連覇を目指すサッカー女子カナダ代表のアシスタントコーチと分析官が、対戦相手ニュージーランドの練習にドローンを飛ばして偵察したとして、帰国処分となった。（写真はサッカー女子カナダ代表のベブ・プリーストマン監督）
　２人は今週に仏南東部サンテティエンヌで行われたニュージーランドの練習にドローンを飛ばしたとされる。
　サンテティエンヌの裁判所がＡＦＰに明かしたところによれば、分析官は同日に出廷して罪を認め、執行猶予付きの禁錮８月を科された。
　この件を受け、カナダのベブ・プリーストマン監督は、２５日に行われるニュージーランドとの初戦では自身も指揮を執らないと発表した。
　プリーストマン監督は「チーム全体を代表してニュージーランドサッカー協会の選手とスタッフならびにカナダ代表の選手に謝罪したい」と述べ、「私には最終的な責任がある」として、自身がニュージーランド戦で指揮を執るのは不適切だと判断したと説明した。
　カナダオリンピック委員会（ＣＯＣ）は、国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）や国際サッカー連盟（ＦＩＦＡ）と連携していると明かし、引き続き調査を行いながら必要に応じてさらなる措置を講じるとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/25-17:10）

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.
Lombardi pleaded guilty when he appeared in court in Saint-Etienne on Wednesday, the court told AFP.
The assistant coach was Jasmine Mander, to whom Lombardi reported.
Head coach Bev Priestman also announced she will take no part in the opening game of Canada's gold medal defence, against New Zealand on Thursday.
The COC is in contact with the IOC and in contact with FIFA. Canada Soccer has been transparent and cooperative throughout the process, the COC said.
The COC will continue to review this matter and may take further action if necessary.
The decisions come after a staff member was detained by French authorities for flying the drone in a bid to spy on New Zealand's tactics.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said it had since learned of a second incident involving New Zealand, who formally lodged a complaint with the IOC integrity unit and demanded answers from Canada.
Priestman said she did not think it would be appropriate to be on the bench for the clash against New Zealand on Thursday.
On behalf of our entire team, I first and foremost want to apologise to the players and staff at New Zealand Football and to the players on Team Canada, she said.
This does not represent the values that our team stands for.
I am ultimately responsible for conduct in our programme. Accordingly, to emphasise our team's commitment to integrity, I have decided to voluntarily withdraw from coaching the match.
New Zealand Football said Thursday they have referred the matter to the disciplinary committee of football's governing body FIFA seeking urgent action.
There is no place for this type of action in football and it is critical that urgent action is undertaken to address this integrity breach, New Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell said in a statement.
To hear now that the Canadian team had filmed secret footage of our team training at least twice is incredibly concerning and if not treated urgently could have wider implications for the integrity of the tournament.