{"id":492210,"date":"2026-06-10T09:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/492210\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:42:10","slug":"white-house-official-defends-decision-to-refuse-entry-to-somali-referee-ahead-of-world-cup-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/492210\/","title":{"rendered":"White House official defends decision to refuse entry to Somali referee ahead of World Cup &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPdHhiblgyTUdhc3kzUlFublhGZl9QXzVFODdldkQ0ZHZ5SGVjZlN1YkpBSGwzU19wNVN0c1JVc3FKNGZneWh6TU9lVFBuV0pNXzgwV1NYbHU4VERqa2J6SEFHVzRFWHowYUxkdzNCd3dSUjJkYXAxQ0VfU0NQQ1kxaDc0d0ktWlVMczM2MlR1RHRmZENONnpyN1lIb0p3OWZ5U2dtU21ramJvc2w4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">White House official defends decision to refuse entry to Somali referee ahead of World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE9rVFZnQ1p2Z3JhRXJsd2xUbjZHNjFXVWxEa094d2RSc0RwUzkxdjRqaXRXVmNYemZGWWdaWjl6TTlTMDA1RjF2d05mTGtJYVpnOWxnNi1HeTk5TVZ3Zkg1TzEzSkhiYVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Does referee case show Fifa has lost control of its own World Cup?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOcE5GaENuSHNYdks4TW5kaDg0NkdpNnhfZVUwV0dMb3FIcFZWWGhjdk1FUnI0WkhIVnJpMEtYakg2TklkeklkeXhNeTk0QUs0ZmZZazlvcm11T2lvUmJLNzNlUFBkTHJnTEVqanNXTjdZckZGc0cyZGV2SG1reHhkbF9aYy01R1cwN2tUNWVITy04bkhwRFFvNE5kdmF3T3lLb1ZFd2JVYjE1NGlnZVBCUTgwUGNNekJNT3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Referee Omar Artan given hero\u2019s welcome in Somalia after US entry blocked<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAJBVV95cUxOamt6RkRZX1M4T2NZWTdGU1FvODJEbEFtRFVXWXZZM3NLNlJwcml5bHZEaXJGbUNPVGdYcmxNVk1aYzNTTXU4cTdkak9HOWRqTXh3QjA5NWYwUDdPUUxzeDBxV29ZdzJqUmV0MDNXM00tN2x5UXRWMl94MVMwQklaYkhUVGdyYkxxbE5xaWkwZHYtWkdvZ0tEZWV5LUFNTnQ0aktHYUZUVFQ4XzNHR1hPVnJnMTZkQXY1Ujk2cEtNcmN5cUJZM2FLVEtjSW1NeUducXpZZy1acElHdjlRb0kxeU5WNVd5VVNTOENualpOdE1UTFY0R2Vua09rS2J1cVNoYmhIelMtUEM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Is this how the hosts behave?\u2019 &#8211; Ian Wright lashes out at USA and says it&#8217;s hosting a \u2018World Cup of chaos\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNaWpBU2VkVkpXUFhVRlg4OFl0bWkwSDk4X0t3RFRlVUZKVDg1T3dCV0IySE5WSEd2NDJIUVMta3dpT0dxVTAxTXZ1OFNsVVd6d2JXNXBGdTlpbkpDTUI2UnlGWFdMaHlvcXY5UGJ1RU0yZXVoeTV3cFY2QzAySW5kZ3VfYkZFRDc2RTRsTTJDT28xTXRIMEcwTkI5RFlwUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White House official defends decision to refuse entry to Somali referee ahead of World Cup&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalDoes referee case&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,9277,211414,112,1066,115,1519,4018,102024],"class_list":["post-492210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-none","tag-omar-artan","tag-sports","tag-trump-administration","tag-united-states","tag-washington","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}