@SkySportsNews Of course, @CAF_Online would be silent on this matter. I wonder its relevance to the development of football in Africa. This goes for all the FA chairmen as well. Useless bunch!
When one of the most respected referees in world football is refused entry by the host nation, because they don't like his home country, the correct response of the other referees should be to boycott the tournament unless he is allowed to do his job. Sadly, that won't happen.
In 2023, Indonesia were stripped of the under-20 World Cup for refusing to allow the Israeli team entry.
Fifa's justification then was the vague "due to the current circumstances".
Quite a contrast to the hardline "FIFA is not involved in host immigration processes" now.
Omar Artan is Somalia’s first fifa appointed world cup referee. He won CAF’s best referee award in 2025. He held a valid visa and a diplomatic passport. He was turned back at Miami airport and sent home.
That’s the story. No ambiguity about what happened or what it means.
A man who built his career refereeing fairness for others was denied the most basic courtesy at a border. The game he has given his life to will be played without him because of a decision that has nothing to do with football and everything to do with something else.
@FIFAcom@FIFAWorldCup@CAF_Online@SomaliFA@Concacaf@FIFPRO@USMNT - this cannot be a quiet moment. If the laws of the game mean anything, so must the dignity of the people who enforce them.
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Infantino's administration is arguably the worst in FIFA's history. He has allowed international politics to creep into football, something FIFA should never tolerate. If the U.S. can deny entry to a referee assigned to officiate a match, what does that say about the other host nations? FIFA should have stepped in and made it clear that the referee was traveling on official tournament duty. Instead, Infantino seems more interested in appeasing the U.S. than protecting the integrity of the game.
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That was a terrible stoppage. What’s the ref thinking there? This is for heavy weight world champion belt. Bad call l. Usyk would have stopped Rico but that was too soon #UsykRico
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