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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kieran Jackson

UNBELIEVABLE: Ivory coast star becomes second world cup player denied entry to canada - The Untold Story

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 on 17 May.

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