Inter forward Bonny cleared for World Cup with Ivory Coast after switch from France

ZURICH: Ma 8  Inter Milan forward Ange-Yoan Bonny’s switch of eligibility ahead of the World Cup to 2023 Africa Cup of Nations champion Ivory Coast was approved on Friday.

The France Under-21 international from the northern suburbs of Paris was eligible to make the change under FIFA rules through family ties to Ivory Coast.

FIFA posted the formal change of the 22-year-old Bonny’s eligibility which had to be signed off by the French Football Federation.