カナダがＣＡＳに提訴 パリ五輪サッカー女子、ドローン偵察問題

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】パリ五輪に出場しているサッカー女子カナダ代表がドローンで対戦相手を偵察し、勝ち点６を剥奪された問題で、スポーツ仲裁裁判所（ＣＡＳ）は２９日、カナダサッカー協会（ＣＳＡ）とカナダオリンピック委員会（ＣＯＣ）から提訴を受けたと発表した。（写真は、フランスとのパリ五輪サッカー女子１次リーグの試合で、決勝ゴールを喜ぶカナダの選手）
　ＣＡＳは３０日に審理を行い、３１日に裁定を下す方向だと明かした。
　２０２１年東京五輪金メダルのカナダは、２－１で勝利したニュージーランド戦の前に対戦相手の練習にドローンを飛ばした。ドローンを使用した分析官のジョーイ・ロンバルディ氏は帰国処分となり、同氏とベブ・プリーストマン監督、アシスタントコーチのジャスミン・マンダー氏は国際サッカー連盟（ＦＩＦＡ）から１年の資格停止処分を受けている。
　ＣＡＳへの訴えは勝ち点の剥奪処分に対するもので、スタッフ３人への処分に関するものではない。
　カナダはグループＡでニュージーランドとフランスに連勝しているが、処分により残り１試合で勝ち点０となっており、決勝トーナメント進出には３１日のコロンビア戦で勝利することが絶対条件となる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/30-18:39）

Canada appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday over the decision to dock them six points in the on-going women's Paris Olympic football over a spying scandal.
The Swiss-based CAS said that Canada Soccer and the Canadian Olympic Committee had filed an appeal against the punishment handed down by football's world governing body FIFA at the weekend.
CAS, sport's highest court, said a hearing was likely to take place on Tuesday with a verdict expected Wednesday.
Reigning Olympic champions Canada were docked six points and fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,000) by FIFA after a staff member used a drone to spy on a rival team's training session last week.
Analyst Joey Lombardi was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence and sent home by the team after being caught flying the drone over a New Zealand training session ahead of the game between the sides, which Canada won 2-1.
Coach Bev Priestman and assistant coach Jasime Mander were banned by FIFA from all football-related activities for one year, along with Lombardi.
The appeal to CAS does not relate to those bans, only to the points deduction.
Canada's women have won both of their matches so far at the Paris Games, against New Zealand and France, but the penalty means they have zero points with only one Group A game remaining.
As it stands they must beat Colombia on Wednesday if they are to advance to the quarter-finals as they seek to repeat their gold medal triumph at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Priestman issued a letter of apology on Sunday and said she was absolutely heartbroken over the affair.
Assistant coach Andy Spence, who like Priestman is from England, was put in interim charge of the team for Sunday?s game against France, which Canada won 2-1 thanks to a Vanessa Gilles goal in the 12th minute of injury time.
I think it is incredibly unfair to penalise the players in this way. The players had absolutely no control over the situation, captain Jessie Fleming said of the points deduction.
I think it has brought us closer (together). It feels like us against the world right now, she added.