Sport Canada Withholds Funding for Soccer Officials After Olympics Drone Scandal

PARIS—Sport Canada is withholding funding relating to women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman and two other suspended team officials, calling the drone scandal that has rocked the Paris Olympic soccer tournament an embarrassment to all Canadians. Canada’s team were docked six points in a massive blow to their hopes of retaining their Olympic title, while Ms. Priestman and officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander were banned from any soccer-related activity for one year by FIFA. “Using a drone to surveil another team during a closed practice is cheating,” Canada’s sport minister Carla Qualtrough said in a statement. “It is completely unfair to Canadian players and to opposing teams. It undermines the integrity of the game itself....