French league probes Elye Wahi betting on yellow card

Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi is under investigation in France for suspected sports corruption related to suspicious betting patterns around a yellow card he received in a league match last month, authorities confirmed. The 23-year-old forward, currently competing at the World Cup, has not been formally charged.

The French Professional Football League (LFP) stated that its betting monitoring partners alerted it to an unusually high volume of international wagers placed on Wahi receiving a yellow card during Nice's final Ligue 1 match of the season against Metz on May 17. The game ended 0-0, and Wahi was cautioned. The LFP said it immediately passed the information to police, gambling authorities, and the French Football Federation. The league has lodged a criminal complaint against persons unknown for alleged acts potentially amounting to sports corruption and organized fraud.

A spokesperson for the Marseille prosecutor's office confirmed that a 23-year-old Ligue 1 player was taken into custody on May 29 as part of an investigation into suspected organized fraud, organized sports corruption, handling stolen goods, and money laundering. The player was released after questioning....