Drone spying scandal
After discovering a second drone incident at New Zealand training on July 19 – on top of the already known one from Monday for which an individual was detained by St Etienne police – two Canadian staff members have been sent home from the Olympics, Michael Burgess reports.
Analyst Joseph Lombardi (43) is already on a plane back, while assistant coach Jasmine Mander is also gone. Head coach Bev Priestman – who has previous links to New Zealand – has also stood down from Thursday’s match against the Ferns.
A French prosecutor told CBC that a 43-year-old coach — who is not named in the statement - was charged with maintaining an unmanned aircraft over a prohibited area. He has accepted a suspended sentence.
