If World Cup participants are denied entry to the U.S., what does that mean for the Olympics?
The International Olympic Committee remains confident that the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles won’t run into the same issues with the U.S. government experienced by some participants in this year’s FIFA World Cup.
A Somali referee, who would have been the first from his country to officiate at a World Cup, was turned away at the U.S. border just days before Thursday’s start to the global soccer tournament taking place in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The referee, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, told The New York Times he had the proper paperwork but was denied entry after more than 11 hours of interviews that were then followed by several more hours of detention.
An unnamed U.S. official told The Associated Press that Artan, an internationally recognized referee who received a hero’s welcome when he returned to Somalia, was refused entry due to an alleged “association with suspected members of terror organizations.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/world-cup-participants-denied-entry-002742139.html
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