SYDNEY (Reuters) - Honduras coach Jorge Luis Pinto has accused Australia of "espionage" after alleging they had used a drone to film his team's training sessions ahead of Wednesday's decisive World Cup playoff match. The Honduran National Football Federation on Monday posted on Twitter footage of a drone flying above Sydney's Olympic Stadium where the team trained after their long flight from Central America. While Football Federation Australia said they were not involved in the drone incident, Pinto said the affair was "embarrassing for such an advanced country". "Let's not be innocent, it's espionage in football," he told reporters through a translator on Tuesday. "When Australia went to Honduras, they checked every bathroom, every box at the stadium where they trained.

Source: The Star November 13, 2017 23:11 UTC