World Cup... Washington justifies the exclusion of Somali referee Omar Arten
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The White House defended the decision to ban a Somali referee and refused to grant visas to a number of officials in the Iranian national team to participate in the 2026 World Cup, stressing that the two steps were based on “valid reasons.”
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