Wahi Cleared To Travel For Germany Match Amid Betting Probe

Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi has been granted permission to travel to Canada for this weekend’s World Cup clash against Germany, despite being at the center of a French betting-fraud investigation.
The Ivorian football federation initially said the 23-year-old would not be able to make the trip, but later issued a revised statement confirming that all necessary travel authorizations had been secured.
The controversy stems from Wahi’s arrest by French police in May as part of an ongoing probe into alleged spot-fixing. The French soccer league revealed that an “unusual amount of bets” had been placed internationally on Wahi receiving a yellow card during a Ligue 1 match on May 17, whil...