Somali referee who was refused entry into US for World Cup picked to officiate Uefa Super Cup

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, the Somali referee who was barred from entering the United States for the World Cup, has been chosen to officiate the Super Cup by Uefa.Artan was denied entry into the US due to alleged links to “suspected members of terror organisations”, which made him a “national security threat”.A highly-regarded official who was named Africa’s referee of the year in 2025, Artan had “the biggest dream of my life” destroyed at US border control