“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.
Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
Originally reported by New York Times
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