Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S. Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTSomali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S. Artan was one of 52 officials, seven of them Africans, selected by FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, to referee at the tournament. The Confederation of African Football, the African soccer organization, named Mr.
- ▪SKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTSomali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S.
- ▪Artan was one of 52 officials, seven of them Africans, selected by FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, to referee at the tournament.
- ▪The Confederation of African Football, the African soccer organization, named Mr.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/world/africa/somalia-referee-world-cup-artan.html |
| Publication time | Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:30:38 +0000 |
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTSomali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S. Returns Home to Hero’s WelcomeOmar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game.Listen · 3:24 min Share full article16Omar Abdulkadir Artan, a soccer referee who had planned to officiate at the World Cup, arriving back in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday. Credit...Feisal Omar/ReutersBy Hussein MohamedReporting from Mogadishu, SomaliaJune 10, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void…
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