The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hold a hearing on Tuesday to consider the appeal by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer, with a decision expected Wednesday morning
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hold a hearing on Tuesday to consider an appeal by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer of a six-point deduction imposed by FIFA on the Canada women’s team for the Olympic tournament.
In a statement released Monday, the Switzerland-based court said it would hold a hearing into the case on Tuesday and announce a decision likely by Wednesday morning, the day of Canada’s women’s team’s next match against Colombia. In its decision on Saturday, FIFA cited Canada’s violations of rules concerning offensive behaviour and fair play. FIFA also imposed one-year suspensions from taking part in any football-related activity for head coach Beverly Priestman as well as team analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mander.
Canada has won its first two games of the tournament, but the points deduction will make it next to impossible to advance to the medal round. In a statement, the COC said the appeal was based on what it called the disproportionality of the sanction “which we believe unfairly the athletes for actions they had no part in and goes beyond restoring fairness to the match against New Zealand.”
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