2026 FIFA World Cup: Ghana's star midfielder ruled inadmissible to Canada over UK charges

Ghanian World Cup squad member Thomas Partey will miss his country's opening World Cup game in Toronto, after losing an appeal in Canadian federal court to overturn a decision to deny him entry into Canada. The Canadian government originally denied Partey entry, due to eight sexual violence charges the star midfielder faces in the U.K. Partey's legal team brought forward a motion to have the decision reversed, but federal court Justice Roger Lafrenière dismissed the motion. "Given the explicit nature of the allegations in the indictment, it was open to the (Immigration) officer to conclude that (Partey) committed serious acts of sexual violence that render him inadmissible to Canada," Lafrenière wrote. Global's Mackenzie Gray reports.