Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Artan, has been removed from the World Cup roster after being denied entry into US
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TUE · 2026-06-09 · 04:37 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0609-82877
NSR-2026-0609-82877News Report·EN·Human Interest
FIFA drops Somali World Cup referee after US denies him entry
FIFA has removed award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan from the World Cup roster. This decision comes after Artan was denied entry into the United States.
Al JazeeraFiled 2026-06-09 · 04:37 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min
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FIFA has removed award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan from the World Cup roster. This decision comes after Artan was denied entry into the United States. The article states that Artan is an award-winning referee from Somalia. The specific reasons for his denied entry into the US are not provided in the article content. Consequently, his participation in the World Cup has been canceled due to this travel restriction.
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The reason for his removal was being denied entry into the US.
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Omar Artan, a Somali referee, was removed from the World Cup roster.
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Omar Artan is an award-winning referee.
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