Christine Sinclair suspended four games for Olympic incident | Soccer | Sports | National Post
Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair has been suspended for four games and fined $3,500 for an incident at the London Olympics.
FIFA, the sport’s governing body, opened an investigation into undisclosed events after Canada lost its semi-final against the United States, a 4-3 loss marked by questionable calls from Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen. FIFA’s disciplinary committee was to weigh the case last Friday.
According to a release distributed by the Canadian Soccer Association on Friday, Sinclair was being punished by FIFA “for displaying unsporting behaviour towards match officials after the match.”
Sinclair has stood by comments she made after the loss in London, including this one: “It’s a shame in a game like that that was so important, the ref decided the result before it started.”
FIFA has not made it expressly clear which incident it was investigating, and whether the comments had anything to do with it.
“No further information will be available from the Canadian Soccer Association or media interviews granted on this decision until such time as those reasons for judgment are received and reviewed by the Canadian Soccer Association,” the release stated.
Anyone know how this works in terms of qualifying and being the host?
Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair has been suspended for four games and fined $3,500 for an incident at the London Olympics.
FIFA, the sport’s governing body, opened an investigation into undisclosed events after Canada lost its semi-final against the United States, a 4-3 loss marked by questionable calls from Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen. FIFA’s disciplinary committee was to weigh the case last Friday.
According to a release distributed by the Canadian Soccer Association on Friday, Sinclair was being punished by FIFA “for displaying unsporting behaviour towards match officials after the match.”
Sinclair has stood by comments she made after the loss in London, including this one: “It’s a shame in a game like that that was so important, the ref decided the result before it started.”
FIFA has not made it expressly clear which incident it was investigating, and whether the comments had anything to do with it.
“No further information will be available from the Canadian Soccer Association or media interviews granted on this decision until such time as those reasons for judgment are received and reviewed by the Canadian Soccer Association,” the release stated.
Anyone know how this works in terms of qualifying and being the host?
