2026 World Cup: “I had the right papers”, the Somali referee deprived of the World Cup recounts his interrogation
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In an interview with the New York Times, Somali referee Omar Artan, banned from entering the United States, said on Tuesday that he was questioned for 11 hours upon his arrival at the airport.
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