Ivory Coast star becomes second World Cup player denied entry to Canada

The latest news comes after Ghana’s Thomas Partey was not allowed in Canada for their win against Panama

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Ivory Coast ’s Elye Wahi has been denied entry into Canada for his country’s next World Cup match – a day after it was revealed that the 23-year-old had been arrested over match-fixing offences.

The Ivorian forward Wahi is the subject of an “active investigation” from the French police to establish whether he deliberately earned a yellow card while playing for Nice against Metz in Ligue 1…