Canada fail in bid to overturn six-point deduction in Olympics football

PARIS, July 31 (AFP): Canada's six-point deduction over a spying scandal at the women's Olympic football has been upheld after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport failed on Wednesday.
The Swiss-based body was asked to review the punishment handed down by world football's governing body FIFA which has left the reigning Olympic champions in danger of a group-stage exit at the Paris Games.
Canada have won both of their matches so far, against New Zealand and France, but the penalty means they have zero points with only one group game remaining.
They must now beat Colombia later on Wednesday if they are to advance to the quarter-finals as they seek to repeat their gold medal at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Canada were docked six points and fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,000) by FIFA as a punishment after a staff member used a drone to spy on a New Zealand training session ahead of their match, which Canada won 2-1.