Several members of the Iranian team have been denied entry to the United States for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The FIFA World Cup 2026 is the largest edition of football’s biggest tournament and will ...

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Mexico on Thursday with joy and fanfare, but a different story is unfolding in the United States. Visa bans targeting people of color and those attempting to fly ...

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The United States has denied entry to a Somali referee for the men's soccer World Cup. US Customs and Border Protection said the traveler, a Somali national, arrived at an airport in Florida on ...

June 10 (Reuters) - Somali soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was denied a chance to make his World Cup debut after being barred from entering the United States, thanked FIFA, CAF and the ...

President Trump's restrictive immigration policies are already impacting this year's 2026 FIFA World Cup. At least one referee from Somalia and one Iraqi team staff member were denied entry at U.S.

There will be a change to the FIFA official referee roster for the World Cup as Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan has been denied entry into the United States. Artan arrived at Miami International ...

Some World Cup players and team staff are being questioned or outright barred from entering the United States, angering their fans and heightening concerns about how immigration enforcement will be ...

“I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament. By Matthew ...

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