Top African Referee Barred From Entering the U.S. for World Cup
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The New RepublicBJun 8, 8:13 PM
Top African Referee Barred From Entering the U.S. for World Cup
The African continent’s top referee has been banned from entering the United States ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Omar Artan was set to make history as the first Somalian to officiate the World Cup bef
The GuardianAJun 8, 10:17 PM
Top African referee Omar Artan refused access to US and will miss World Cup
Was going to be first Somalian to officiate at a World Cup ‘He deserves the support of the football community’ A Somali referee, who was set to become the first person from his country to officiate
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BBC NewsAJun 9, 8:50 AM
Somali referee Artan barred from entering US ahead of World Cup
Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, is dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.
Al JazeeraBJun 9, 8:52 AM
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