Simphiwe

Proudly South African 🇿🇦

[ChrisExcel @ChrisExcel102]

Okay that’s it ..

Let’s change that date from 30 June to this weekend… 🤧🤧🤧

[Simphiwe @Simphiwe_Mnyand]

Beautiful

[Red Media @RedMedia_us]

Tyla looks absolutely gorgeous performing the South African national anthem at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

[Chicago Fire FC @ChicagoFire]

Time to show the world who you are 🔥

Good luck today, TLB 🇿🇦 #cf97

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

The world’s most famous referee rn 🇸🇴 🙌🏾

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Omar Artan, the Somali referee who was denied a US visa, will officiate the 2026 UEFA Super Cup final between PSG and Aston Villa.

[ESPN Africa @ESPNAfrica]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry into the USA ahead of the World Cup, has now been appointed by UEFA to officiate PSG vs. Aston Villa in the Super Cup final.

[UEFA @UEFA]

🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!

We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

[BIG HYCE @thehyce]

do not marry a woman who does not know how to be bored!

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

And FIFA literally ran South Africa as soon as the bid was successful. Way before 2010, they were on South African soil, running things. Then Secretary General, Jerôme Valcke was like a Prime Minister...running the show and exerting FIFA's rules. South Africa co-operated FULLY because the first World Cup on African soil HAD to succeed. And it did!

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

The USA built a wall. Canada opened a door. Welcome to the difference.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[Mzilikazi wa Afrika @IamMzilikazi]

ANIMAL FARM: Some animals are more dangerous than others.

[Mod @CFCMods]

How are these guys allowed to host a World Cup man 😭

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

When Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018, it had to suspend normal visa rules for the tournament. Foreigners with tickets could enter visa-free, using a scheme called ‘Fan ID.’

Russia also had to do weird stuff to keep FIFA’s sponsors happy. For example, small shops near Fan Zones and stadiums could only sell Budweiser beer on match days.

So yes, FIFA absolutely does dictate conditions to host governments when it suits FIFA. Infantino pretending otherwise is nonsense.

[Wamutahi @Son_of_Laikipia]

Qatar has held a World Cup where everyone who could afford to attend attended, wait till it's the USA hosting and they will have visa restrictions even on the players themselves 😂.

[Simphiwe @Simphiwe_Mnyand]

@nypost You’d think they’d arrest a terrorist rather than let him leave

[ᴠɪʙᴇꜱ ᴄᴀʀᴛᴇʟ (ꜱᴠᴇʀɪɢᴇ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ 🇸🇪) @goodvibescartel]

If he had ties to terrorist organizations why did they let him leave? #CrakkkaLogic

[dracojeremy @jeremyb___]

this man banned the whole of russia but can’t help get a fifa referee’s visa approved

[African @ali_naka]

“It’s time to “chill and relax”

[𒋻 @AdiiiFCB]

Denying him entry was one thing but they're literally calling this innocent man a TERRORIST now and tarnishing his image in front of the whole world. Sick bastards.

[Joe Black 🇿🇼 @joeblackzw]

Incorrect. He had a visa. From the US Embassy in Nairobi. It was valid. They vetted him there, and gave him a visa.

Then he landed in Miami, was detained for 11 hours, and deported to Istanbul.

THEN they branded him a terrorist.

A FIFA referee, simply because he’s Somali.