After the drone-spying scandal, as it was dubbed, at the 2024 Olympic Games in France, Jasmine Mander wasn’t sure if she’d ever get to work in football again. “How do we get to a World Cup? Absolutely.”Mander is, then, back in football having being fired from her role as Canada’s assistant coach and banned from football by Fifa for a year following those events in France. Ironically, given her new position, Ireland were among the multiple national teams Canada were suspected of spying on. That was ahead of the 2023 World Cup meeting – although while Canada won 2-1, it didn’t help them keep out Katie McCabe’s incredible goal.

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2026 16:14 UTC