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Iran allegedly used soccer clubs to spy on citizens, opposition group urges FIFA to ban team before World Cup
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)'s U.S. office's Deputy Director Alireza Jafarzadeh reveals shocking soccer plot report to Fox News Digital.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is nearly here, and with weeks of football ahead, fans across the country will be getting ready for big nights-in on the sofa, pub trips with mates and plenty of late kick-offs.
How Paris suburbs became France's football factory
PARIS, June 10 : A floodlight at Stade Gabriel Peri has been broken for weeks, leaving a corner of the pitch in darkness, yet the Under-17 players of ES Nanterre train on through a chilly June evening.
Somali football referee who was denied US entry says what happened was 'fate'
MOGADISHU: Somali football referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan said on Wednesday (Jun 10) the decision to bar him entry to the United States for the World Cup was "fate" and urged his fellow Somalis not to lose heart over it.
‘I’ll be at next World Cup’ in 2030: Somali referee barred from US
MOGADISHU: Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup, returned to a hero’s welcome in Mogadishu and vowed to take part in the next tournament in 2030. “I will be at the next World Cup and will continue to make Somalia proud... Despite what has happened to me, I am not discouraged,” Artan told more than 100 supporters and journalists at Mogadishu’s main airport.
FIFA boss Infantino faces questions on eve of World Cup
MEXICO CITY: FIFA President Gianni Infantino is set to face the media on the eve of the World Cup on Wednesday, as off-field distractions dogged the build-up to the tournament. Infantino is likely to face tough questions about sky-high ticket prices and an immigration crackdown that has seen a top referee, fans and team officials barred from co-hosts the United States. The head of world football’s governing body will give a rare press conference in Mexico City, where co-hosts Mexico play South Africa on Thursday in the opening match at the Estadio Azteca. The 2026 men’s World Cup has been expanded to 48 teams and is the biggest and most ambitious in the event’s history, with matches also taking place in Canada. But the refusal of US immigration authorities to allow Somali referee Omar Artan, one of Africa’s leading match officials, into the country underlined fears that Donald Trump’s immigration policy could leave deep scars on the football extravaganza. Artan said the “biggest dream of my life” had been ripped away after he was turned back at the US border. “I am very, very disappointed,” Artan told The New York Times. “I’m just simply a referee who’s trying to live his dream, the biggest dream of my life, to come to the World Cup.” Artan, who was named the 2025 men’s referee of the year by the Confederation of African Football, would have been the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup. He said he was subjected to an 11-hour interview with border officials at Miami International Airport and then detained for several further hours in a holding cell before being put on a flight back to Turkiye. “I had the right papers and everything.
White House World Cup chief defends visa ban for Somali referee, Iranians
WASHINGTON: The head of the White House Task Force for the World Cup on Tuesday (Jun 9) defended the decision not to grant visas to a Somali referee and some support staff for the Iranian team.