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KISMAYO, Somalia, June 17 – Military operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group have intensified in recent days in Somalia’s southern Jubaland region, where regional and national forces are ...

A Seattle-area soccer group aimed at supporting African youths is returning 20 free tickets to a FIFA Men’s World Cup match, a move made in solidarity with the Somali referee who was denied entry to ...

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game. By Hussein Mohamed Reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia A Somali soccer ...

Omar Artan was refused entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, despite having all of the necessary visa paperwork. Political leaders in Canada’s World Cup host cities have voiced their support ...

June 10 (Reuters) - Somali soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was denied a chance to make his World Cup debut after being barred from entering the United States, thanked FIFA, CAF and the ...

There will be a change to the FIFA official referee roster for the World Cup as Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan has been denied entry into the United States. Artan arrived at Miami International ...

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The Somali government expressed "deep regret" on Tuesday after award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan was barred from entering the United States and dropped from officiating at the World Cup. Artan, ...

Somali referee Omar Artan has been denied entry to the United States for the 2026 World Cup, according to a Somali government official and the U.S. government. As a result, FIFA has said that Artan ...

Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan will be Somalia’s first World Cup official, selected among Africa’s 7 central refs for 2026. Trump’s new reflecting pool liner cut with a razor, official reports ...