Omar Artan vows to officiate at the 2030 World Cup instead after arriving home in Somalia in the wake of being banned from entering the United States.

Soccer-Somali referee denied US entry for World Cup will receive full FIFA fee ...

A top African referee who was scheduled to officiate at the World Cup has been denied entry to the United States, fuelling a growing worldwide furor over U.S. restrictions on fans, journalists and ...

Omar Artan the World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the US was greeted by large crowds of supporters and officials in the capital Mogadishu.

Gianni Infantino faced the media for the first time in three years, but he did little to convince that Fifa has lost its grip on the organisation of the 2026 World Cup.

In 2011, the United States conducted the first drone strike on the continent, targeting senior leaders of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab. At the time, Washington held a near monopoly in drone ...

Ghana's Thomas Partey speaks for the first time since being denied entry to Canada at the World Cup.

The Trump administration’s motivations for going to war in Iran remain in question. But amid all the debates over the state of the Iranian nuclear program and the condition of the regime, one crucial ...

Authorities say a Minnesota man charged with orchestrating a $250 million fraud scheme has been taken into custody in Somalia. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said in a news release that ...

Mogadishu, Somalia – Barely a few days had passed between the celebrations that greeted news of Somali referee Omar Artan’s journey to the World Cup—a milestone that inspired pride and optimism among ...

Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal late in injury time to give five-time champion Brazil a 2-1 win over Japan in the ...

The Philadelphia Eagles' best first-round picks are easy to identify. Chuck Bednarik, Bob Brown, Steve Van Buren, Mike Quick, Jerome Brown, Lane Johnson, Fletcher Cox, and others all have obvious ...