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Banned Canada coach explains move to New Zealand

Bev Priestman, new head coach for the Wellington Phoenix women's football team, attends a press conference on her new appointment in Upper Hutt near Wellington. [AFP]

Former Canada women's football coach Bev Priestman said Wednesday she "didn't feel safe" living in North America following her one-year ban for spying at the Paris Olympics.

Wellington Phoenix announced Wednesday that Priestman would take over as head coach of its women's team, returning to football in the country she was banned for spying on with a drone, New Zealand. She has signed a two-year contract.

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