NZ Catches Canada Spying! There hasn’t even been an opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris yet, and there’s already talk of cheating.
A story from New Zealand media says that the Canada women’s national soccer team was caught using a drone to spy on the team’s practice on Monday in Saint-Etienne, which is where their Group A match on Thursday will take place.
French police have been stationed at the different practice sites to keep an eye out for drones during team sessions. During the Football Ferns’ session, they saw the drone. In this case between Canada and New Zealand, a member of the Team Canada support staff was arrested.
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A official complaint was sent from New Zealand to the IOC integrity unit. Also, Canada didn’t reject the claim; they said that a “non-accredited” employee took the drone and did something wrong. In its message, the Canadian Olympic Committee also said sorry.
Canada, which is ranked No. 8 by FIFA, would have been huge favorites to beat New Zealand, which is ranked 28th. But we won’t know what punishments, if any, are given to Canada until group play starts.
FAQ’s
Q1: What is the NZ female soccer team called?
Ans: It’s also known as the “Football Ferns” for the New Zealand women’s national football team.
Q2: Did New Zealand qualify for the Women’s World Cup?
Ans: By virtue of being co-hosts, Australia and New Zealand automatically qualified for the event. The other 207 FIFA member associations could enter qualification if they wanted to. There was an AFC Women’s Asian Cup in 2022, but New Zealand did not enter the OFC Women’s Nations Cup that same year.
Q3: Did New Zealand make the Soccer World Cup?
Ans: On the field, they played for New Zealand in the 1982 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and the 1999, 2003, 2009, and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cups. This is New Zealand’s sixth OFC Nations Cup win.
Q4: Who is the coach of the New Zealand women’s soccer team?
Ans: Who is Klimková? Klimková, who is from Czechoslovakia, became head coach of New Zealand’s women’s national football team, the Football Ferns, in September 2021. As of now, she is the first woman to be hired full-time for the job.
Q5: Why does New Zealand call it soccer?
Ans: A lot of people in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland call association football “soccer.” This is probably to set it apart from Australian rules football and Gaelic football, which are just called “football” there, like Americans call American football “football.”
