2026 World Cup: Africa’s top referee Omar Abdulkadir denied entry into the United States

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  • Alhassan Mohammed. 12 hours ago

    What a misleading headline! How does it to relate to the content?

  • Nubianx 11 hours ago

    Some animal called Donald Trump came.

    But he'll be gone just like Nebuchadnezzar!

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 10 hours ago

    Some.brouhaha will.cause fear n panic at this wcup.peerrrr

  • Emperor Rasheed 8 hours ago

    @Stghfuo. I thought the story was a joke, because that picture looks ext like our dear Stghfuo.

  • FRANKIE 7 hours ago

    Fvcken American Aryan Caucasian rascals who's favourite past time is to show disrespect to Africans.

  • Emperor Rasheed 6 hours ago

    @FRANKIE. Please do Africans respect each other?

  • Babangida Casagrande 4 hours ago

    @frankie most Somalians don’t claim to be Africans, they claim arabos so I wasn’t surprised about his refusal

  • ALHASSAN HAVE YOU READ THE ARTICLE AT ALL. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HEADLINE? 11 hours ago

    What is wrong with the Headline. Perhaps you have to go back to primary school.

    The referee was granted visa but upon arrival in the US, he was denied entry and deported back to Turkey.

    AFRICA IS JUST SIMPLY WEEK. The b ...
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  • Paa K 10 hours ago

    @ Alhassan Mohammed, did you read the story??? How different is the story from the headline!?!? Was the man not denied entry into the US!?!?!? Don’t mislead people

  • JULOR CAESAR 8 hours ago

    It's not misleading. One can have a visa and travel to another country, but the the immigration authorities at the point of entry can deny one entry. Once that action is taken, the traveler then has to depart the country from ...
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  • Pedophile Dr. Mumbi Seraki 7 hours ago

    Now he is African, how convenient. Aren't you guys Afro-phobes and classify yourselves as Arabic-Islamists. What happened to "we don't look like the sub-Saharan Africans"? Ihan Omar people. Stop the reign of terror and come b ...
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  • Jimi jimi 12 hours ago

    America is at war FIFA should stop the world cup

  • COD 6 hours ago

    @ Jimi Jimi : If Africa has some steel, we should have boycotted the impending World Cup tournament due to the misbehaviours of both Trump USA and FIFA.

  • Mr Peaceful 5 hours ago

    Can you please tell me/us the misbehavior of Trump and USA?

  • Ougrabako 12 hours ago

    Why is FIFA so weak when it comes to USA? Why is FIFA allowing discrimination in world football? How cruel this monster Trump administration is?

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 10 hours ago

    Who asked you to go there? Did someone chase you with AK 47 to go there?.

  • INFANTINO IS A FRIEND OF TRUMP - Worldwatch 9 hours ago

    Infantino,the FIFA chairman is a friend of Trump. He awarded Trump FIFA's unrecognised peace award .He will do everything to please Trump.

  • WICKED AMERICA 11 hours ago

    RACISTS COCOONS..
    AFRICA SHOULD BOYCOTT THE WORLD CUP NOW..
    Its time we all come together to hold on this world cup.
    If it were to be European referee, all of them will gang together to boycott the world cup on Africa Lan ...
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  • CAF BOYCOTT THE WORLD CUP 11 hours ago

    CAF should call its members to BOYCOTT THE WORLD CUP NOW

  • Alb 11 hours ago

    I don't even know why the world is hosting the world cup

  • Donald Trump 10 hours ago

    What at all will make US immigration refuse a referee entry Fifa has appointed for the world cup...Im just wondering...Is it for bad English or what... to the point that he takes a flight all the way back to Turkey awaiting ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 10 hours ago

    They thought he was doing fraud using someone passport and fake fifa credentials they know Africans are very smart with fraud so they check 3thrice and cut once..maybe they couldn't verify his credentials with fifa in Switzer ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 8 hours ago

    The referee hails from Somalia, one of the Muslim nations targeted by evil Trump and his demented officials.

  • Let's go Black Stars 7 hours ago

    Whoever voted for Donald Trump to be come a second time president owns the world apology... just look at the way things are going... from higher gas prices,war in Iran,the insults ,, division etc etc..Now the whole universe l ...
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  • Joe cudjoe 10 hours ago

    Why host world cup when you won't allow even the class A fifa badge referee who has been chosen to officiate matches.... what kind of nonsense is this.....then ordinary supporters should never go near...

  • Ethics Dilemma 9 hours ago

    MAGA?

  • NO REACTION FROM THE AU AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES- Kwabena ohemeng,london 9 hours ago

    A perfect example of Trump's hatred for Africans,especially Somalians. Trump has said it to the hearing of the whole world that he hates Somalians. It is surprising the AU is quite and african countries are quite over such a ...
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  • anokwale 8 hours ago

    This is a harsh behavior by the Trump administration. This should never happen. FIFA should sanction the US football federation. This should not stand.

  • Kwame Peter 8 hours ago

    I think this is all FIFA's fault knowing the challenges with the US immigration.

  • Nyansah Bongo 8 hours ago

    Bontsea!! )k3 fa Turkey y3 d3n?

  • Yao 7 hours ago

    Some racist and idiotic US immigration officials are just pathetic. How do you deny entry to FIFA referee appointed to officiate matche(s) in a tournament your country is hosting? Makes no sense at all!!!!

  • Yao 6 hours ago

    I urge FIFA to appoint the Somalia referee to officiate US first match!

  • Krankerdeliq 3 hours ago

    somalians are like south africans. In their case, they say they're not Black. Let him fight his own battle.

  • Yao 2 hours ago

    If Somalians say they are not black, what are they?

  • JA 56 minutes ago

    FIFA made a COLOSSAL mistake by including the USA in the host nations.