FIFA docked Canada Soccer and the Canadian Olympic Committee six points for using drones to spy on athletes during the Paris Olympics. The two organizations have jointly appealed this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman was suspended from coaching for one year in addition to the points penalty after soccer’s governing body investigated charges that Canada staff members used a drone to spy on New Zealand’s closed practice session last week.

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The expected legal move by the Canadian soccer federation and Olympic body was formally registered Monday by the CAS in a fast-track case. A hearing with the involved parties is “likely to take place” Tuesday, according to the CAS statement, with a decision to follow Wednesday. The coaches’ bans are not part of this case.

“The appeal is based on the disproportionality of the sanction, which we believe unfairly punishes the athletes for actions they had no part in and goes far beyond restoring fairness to the match against New Zealand,” Canada Soccer said in a statement.

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Having won both of its games, Canada has 0 points in Group A of the women’s Olympic soccer competition. On Wednesday night in Nice, Canada takes on Colombia in the last group match.

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