Swiss forward Embolo goes to US embassy for urgent World Cup visa after travel denied

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Swiss forward Breel Embolo applied for an urgent visa at the U.S. embassy in Bern after being denied boarding for the World Cup due to a criminal conviction. The conviction stems from a 2018 altercation in Basel and was finalized in April 2026, affecting his participation in the tournament hosted in the U.S.

Switzerland forward Breel Embolo applied for an urgent visa at the United States embassy in Bern on Wednesday, one day after he was denied boarding the team’s flight to the World Cup because of a criminal conviction. Embolo was charged after an altercation in Basel city center in 2018 and his guilty verdict was upheld at appeal last September. The verdict was finalized in April, just weeks before Embolo was due to travel to the U.S. for the third World Cup of his career.