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Referee Omar Artan, who would have been the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup, was welcomed as a hero in Mogadishu this Wednesday (10) after being denied entry to the United States. The images ...
Somalia is not competing at the World Cup, but from the scenes at Mogadishu’s airport Wednesday, you’d think the country had won the trophy.
When the best referee in Africa is barred from working at the World Cup after being denied entry at the border, claims of this being an inclusive tournament ring hollow. Omar Abdulkadir Artan was supposed to make history this week, becoming the first Somali referee to officiate at a World Cup, i...
Referee Omar Artan arrives back in Somalia after being denied entry to the United States for the World Cup because of his "association with suspected members of terror organisations".
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his "association with suspected members of terror organisations," says a US official.
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his "association with suspected members of terror organisations," says a US official.
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his "association with suspected members of terror organisations," says a US official.
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his "association with suspected members of terror organisations," says a US official.
Hundreds of fans, government and football officials gathered at Mogadishu's airport Wednesday to welcome Omar Artan after the Somali refree was denied entry to the US for the World Cup. Somalia's dream of having its first national officiate a World Cup may have been dashed, but Artan told his su...
The first Somali picked to referee a World Cup rose from Mogadishu's pitches, only to be barred at the US border.
After being denied entry to the US, Somali referee Omar Artan was given a hero’s welcome upon his return to Somalia. Large numbers of supporters and Somali government officials received him enthusiastically at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game.
The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in Miami and subsequently cut from the tournament by FIFA was set to make history for his country. Omar Artan was going to be the first referee from Somalia to officiate at a World Cup after making FIFA’s...
Omar Artan vows to officiate at the 2030 World Cup instead after arriving home in Somalia in the wake of being banned from entering the United States.
Omar Artan vows to officiate at the 2030 World Cup instead after arriving home in Somalia in the wake of being banned from entering the United States.
This episode feels symbolic of a World Cup where the global game has been sacrificed to Fifa’s cynical money-making – and Trumpian whim Omar Abdulkadir Artan was supposed to make history this week, becoming the first Somali referee to officiate at a World Cup. Instead, he’s watching from outside...
Artan deemed a threat to national security by US officials ‘I promise you that I will attend the next one’ The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the US arrived on Wednesday in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, where he was received by a crowd of supporters and officials. Omar Ar...
Somalia’s football federation says the US decision to deny entry to award-winning referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan
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The ref was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup
With referee Omar Artan denied entry to the United States and worries over staff and supporters being turned back, what does this tell us about the World Cup?
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Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been dropped from officiating at the World Cup after being barred from entering the United States, world football's governing body FIFA said on Monday. A FIFA spokesperson confirmed in a statement that Artan would play no part in the World Cup. Artan ...
“I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament.