Key events1m agoGhana's government criticises Canada over Partey visa2h agoKretinsky to become West Ham's biggest shareholder3h agoHair pulling no longer an automatic red card5h agoPreambleGhana's government criticises Canada over Partey visaGhana’s government has described Canada’s decision to deny Thomas Partey a visa for his country’s World Cup game against Panama on Wednesday as “high-handed and extremely unfair”.Ghana’s foreign ministry said it understood the decision to be based on pending criminal proceedings in Britain. The 32-year-old Partey, a former Arsenal midfielder who plays for Villarreal, faces allegations of rape and sexual assault in Britain. He has denied the charges.On this day in 1986… Denmark continue to laugh in the face of the Group of Death, while Scotland are eliminated by an unsentimental Uruguay.Haiti are making their second appearance at a men’s World Cup. The first was in West Germany in 1974; they lost all three games, including a 7-0 defeat to Poland, but they still left their mark.A reminder of today’s/tomorrow morning’s games
Qatar v Switzerland (8pm BST/3pm EDT)
Brazil v Morocco (11pm BST/6pm EDT)
Haiti v Scotland (2am BST/9pm EDT)
Australia v Turkey (5am BST/midnight EDT)
