{"id":505375,"date":"2026-06-11T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=505375"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:24:09","slug":"somali-referee-barred-from-world-cup-appointed-by-uefa-to-officiate-super-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=505375","title":{"rendered":"Somali referee barred from World Cup appointed by UEFA to officiate Super Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1u2zf8l\/somali_referee_barred_from_world_cup_appointed_by\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/OXO2lxhSpE3go8A3LtVQvP79vFTfxLu2XTZewxgQuVU.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=542baace87ac5761ab1db22ceaf9bc1139bb7877\" alt=\"Somali referee barred from World Cup appointed by UEFA to officiate Super Cup\" title=\"Somali referee barred from World Cup appointed by UEFA to officiate Super Cup\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>The Somali referee who was denied entry to the United States ahead of the World Cup has been selected to officiate the UEFA Super Cup, the European governing body announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Omar Artan, 34, was due to referee at this summer\u2019s tournament in North America but was barred from entering the U.S. at Miami International Airport on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration claimed he had \u201cassociation with suspected members of terror organizations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Artan had been one of 52 match officials chosen by FIFA, world football\u2019s governing body, for the tournament but was returned to Istanbul by U.S. border officials before travelling back to Somalia \u2014 where he has received a hero\u2019s welcome.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA, however, has now picked Artan to referee the Super Cup between Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain and Europa League champions Aston Villa in August. The game, which effectively kicks off the European football season, takes place on August 12 in Salzburg, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA\u2019s release announcing the news described Artan as \u201cone of the world\u2019s top referees\u201d and acknowledged that he \u201ccould not participate as he was not allowed to enter the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/TheAthletic\"> \/u\/TheAthletic <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7351082\/2026\/06\/11\/omar-artan-referee-uefa-super-cup-fifa-visa\/?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA.BOpD.49NeuGkEkq9M&amp;source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_reddit&amp;smid=re-share-ta\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1u2zf8l\/somali_referee_barred_from_world_cup_appointed_by\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Somali referee who was denied entry to the United States ahead of the World Cup has been selected to officiate the UEFA Super Cup, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=505375\" title=\"Somali referee barred from World Cup appointed by UEFA to officiate Super Cup\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":505377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=505375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505378,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505375\/revisions\/505378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/505377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=505375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=505375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=505375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}