Harry Kane challenges the historic penalty record heading into the 2026 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn a statement, the Ministry of Youth and Sports indicated that, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is carrying out “diplomatic efforts” and “speaking with the competent U.S. and FIFA authorities to obtain a clear explanation regarding this matter.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is regrettable that, apparently, such treatment has occurred and the Ministry is closely monitoring the situation,” he pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Referee’s appreciation for the messages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Somali government highlighted that Artan “has represented his country, his profession, and Somali sport with distinction”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Artan was going to become the first Somali to referee a match in World Cup history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Artan, chosen as the 2025 CAF male referee of the year, was set to become the first Somali to referee a match in World Cup history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For its part, FIFA issued another statement this Monday explaining that the organization hosting the World Cup does not participate in the host country’s immigration processes, including the granting of visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somalia, a country shaken by jihadist violence, is on the long list of countries whose citizens are subject to a travel ban to the U.S. by the administration of President Donald Trump, which also includes Afghanistan, Libya, Iran, or Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Cup will take place in stadiums in the USA, Mexico, and Canada and will begin this June 11th with the opening match to be played by Mexico and South Africa at the Azteca Stadium, corresponding to Group A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi (EFE).- The Government of Somalia considered this Tuesday “regrettable” the entry ban by U.S. immigration authorities on Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee a match in the history of the World Cup, and demanded an explanation from Washington and FIFA. You might be interested in: Harry Kane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[43601,40231,40853],"class_list":["post-510726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-28Rw","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}