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

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  • Alhassan Mohammed. 5 days ago

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

  • Nubianx 5 days ago

    Some animal called Donald Trump came.

    But he'll be gone just like Nebuchadnezzar!

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 4 days ago

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

  • Emperor Rasheed 4 days ago

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

  • FRANKIE 4 days ago

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

  • Emperor Rasheed 4 days ago

    @FRANKIE. Please do Africans respect each other?

  • Babangida Casagrande 4 days ago

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

  • Not 4 days ago

    He was refused not because of your "most" stereotype, but because he is a Moslem, and as you know, a Moslem is automaticaaly a terrorist, a criminal in the United States.

  • ALHASSAN HAVE YOU READ THE ARTICLE AT ALL. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HEADLINE? 4 days 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 4 days 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

  • AP 4 days ago

    Alhassan and Paa pee, you are fools. The headline said "Africa's top referee". When was he voted Africa's best? Where? On what occasion?
    The headline should have just referred to him as "one of Africa's WorlCup-bound referee ...
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  • AP 4 days ago

    Correction: NOT Alhassan Mohammed, but ALHASSAN HAVE YOU READ THE STORY and Paa K the idiots.

  • Paa Pee 4 days ago

    You called me a fool and I have not even commented on this story.

  • JULOR CAESAR 4 days 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 4 days 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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  • Somalia 4 days ago

    Ethnic Somalis, Bantus, pure negroids and very minority Arabs make up Somalia. Ihan calls herself African, not Arab. The fact that you spin so does not make it so.

  • GUARANTEED DAILY CASHFLOW THROUGH THIS MONEY-MAKING SKILL 4 days ago

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  • GUARANTEED DAILY CASHFLOW THROUGH THIS MONEY-MAKING SKILL 4 days ago

    Be pragmatic by pivoting to skills AI can't take away because shit is real. It's hitting sweet sounding jobs. Make a change! A GOOD STEP towards training makes all the difference. Smart people are fixing what everyone uses: S ...
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  • Jimi jimi 5 days ago

    America is at war FIFA should stop the world cup

  • COD 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

  • Ougrabako 5 days 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 4 days ago

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

  • INFANTINO IS A FRIEND OF TRUMP - Worldwatch 4 days 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 5 days 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 5 days ago

    CAF should call its members to BOYCOTT THE WORLD CUP NOW

  • Alb 4 days ago

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

  • Donald Trump 4 days 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 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

  • Let's go Black Stars 4 days 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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  • JULOR CAESAR 14 hours ago

    Those Trump voters had no idea that he's a diehard con man whose terrible policies will end up negatively impacting them. Most are now having voters' remorse, but it's a little too late. And that corrupt Nazi MAGA-FOOL Trump ...
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  • Joe cudjoe 4 days 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 4 days ago

    MAGA?

  • NO REACTION FROM THE AU AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES- Kwabena ohemeng,london 4 days 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 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

  • Nyansah Bongo 4 days ago

    Bontsea!! )k3 fa Turkey y3 d3n?

  • Yao 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

  • Krankerdeliq 4 days ago

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

  • Yao 4 days ago

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

  • JA 4 days ago

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

  • Paa Pee 4 days ago

    There a thousands of Somalis in North America, so why deny one of Africa's best referees the chance to represent Africa and the black world. Ironically none of the 10 African teams protested. Poor Africa.