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 would have been the first Somali to referee at a World Cup.
Somali referee axed from World Cup after being denied entry to US
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Somali referee Omar Artan axed from World Cup after being denied entry to US
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Somali referee axed from World Cup after being denied entry to US