Canada’s Banned Coach Returns Despite Olympic Drone Spying Scandal, Now Leading New Zealand Team

The recent rehiring of Bev Priestman as head coach of New Zealand's only professional women's soccer team, Wellington Phoenix, marks a troubling development in the aftermath of a scandal that exposed covert drone surveillance by Canada's coaching staff at the Paris Olympics. Priestman, who just completed a one-year suspension from all soccer-related activities after FIFA's investigation confirmed the use of drones to spy on the New Zealand women's national team prior to their Olympic match against Canada, has now quietly resumed her career. This decision comes despite her firing from the Canada women's national team and raises serious concerns over...