He was welcomed as a hero upon his return to Somalia, referee Omar Artan, excluded from the World Cup due to the refusal by US authorities to allow him entry into the country. Artan, currently considered the best African referee, was supposed to become the first Somali to
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Somali World Cup referee denied entry to US arrives home to hero’s welcome
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Somali soccer referee denied entry to US for World Cup is welcomed home as a hero
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Somali World Cup referee denied entry to US arrives home to hero's welcome
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MOGADISHU: A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States arrived Wednesday in Somali’s capital of…
Somali referee Omar Artan returned to Mogadishu to a hero's welcome after being denied entry to the United States and removed…
A World Cup referee from Somalia, Omar Artan, was met by a crowd of supporters and officials in Mogadishu on Wednesday after…
The Somali referee Omar Artan criticised the decision to bar him entry to the US for the World Cup as “unfortunate” after…
Somali referee Omar Artan, denied U.S. entry for World Cup, returns home to a hero's welcome in Mogadishu.
Omar Artan, the soccer referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup tournament, has returned…
