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Barred from World Cup, Somali official Omar Artan answered with quiet dignity | The National

· By Thoraya Abdullahi
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“I am determined to work even harder to represent Somalia on the world’s biggest sporting stages,” said Omar Artan, a Somali named Africa’s best referee by the Confederation of African Football in 2025.

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