Ghana Condemns Canada for Barring 32-Year-Old Thomas Partey Over 7 Unproven Charges
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 13
Ghana Condemns Canada for Barring 32-Year-Old Thomas Partey Over 7 Unproven Charges
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 13
Summary
Canada's entry denial will keep Thomas Partey out of Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama on Wednesday at Toronto's BMO Field, according to The Athletic.
Ghana's foreign ministry called the move "high-handed and extremely unfair," saying Canada relied on unproven allegations without a judicial determination and raising questions about fairness and proportionality.
Partey, 32, has pleaded not guilty in London to five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault filed in 2025, and in April also pleaded not guilty to two additional rape charges.
The absence affects Ghana's only group-stage match in Canada, turning an immigration decision tied to an unresolved criminal case into a diplomatic dispute.