<![CDATA[πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΄ Omar Artan returned home to a hero's welcome after being denied entry to the US, where he was set to officiate games during the World Cup.]]>πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΄ Omar Artan returned home to a hero's welcome after being denied entry to the US, where he was set to officiate games during the World Cup.

Crowds in Mogadishu welcomed the 34yr old who was named Africa's Referee of the Year in 2025 & would have been the first Somali to officiate at a .

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dc68a517-e0c1-45f0-81f8-01f568b99494/omar-artan-returned-home-to-a-hero-s-welcome-after-being-denied-entry-to-the-us-where-he-was-set-to-officiate-games-during-the-world-cup.RSS for NodeSat, 13 Jun 2026 08:44:43 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2026 17:20:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΄ Omar Artan returned home to a hero's welcome after being denied entry to the US, where he was set to officiate games during the World Cup. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:50:25 GMT]]>@Dero True. Also, if all the referees, teams, players stood together in solidarity, the Trump admin would have had to reverse their awful, racist decision.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/116727075652954804https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/116727075652954804Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:50:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΄ Omar Artan returned home to a hero's welcome after being denied entry to the US, where he was set to officiate games during the World Cup. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:48:42 GMT]]>@dbattistella FIFA should have moved referees base camp to Canada or Mexico, then he could still ref there. Piss off Pumpkin Head, but they don’t have the nerve to do that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/Dero/statuses/116727068906906028https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/Dero/statuses/116727068906906028Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:48:42 GMT