Ivory Coast’s Elye Wahi granted Canadian visa hours after denial
Key takeaways
- The forward will now be able to join his team in Toronto when they take on Germany on Saturday.
- “The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) reports that Elye Wahi’s administrative situation has evolved favorably.
- Wahi, who was not immediately available to comment, was not named as a suspect.
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The forward will now be able to join his team in Toronto when they take on Germany on Saturday.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Wahi's lawyer, Marie Dose, said earlier the player had been questioned "for a few hours" last month but was subsequently released. [Darrian Traynor/Getty Images/AFP]By AFP and Reuters Published On 18 Jun 202618 Jun 2026Ivory Coast forward Elye Wahi has received travel authorisation to visit Canada for this weekend’s World Cup clash with Germany, the country’s football federation said, hours after it said he would not be able to travel because he had not received his visa.
“The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) reports that Elye Wahi’s administrative situation has evolved favorably. The necessary authorisations for his entry into Canadian territory have now been obtained,” said a statement from the official X account of the Ivorian Football Federation on Thursday.