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The World Cup gets underway

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By Eyder Peralta Verified, Emmanuel Akinwotu Verified, Fernando Narro Roman, Greg Dixon
| NPR Verified
The World Cup gets underway : State of the World from NPR Soccer’s biggest event is officially underway as the 2026 World Cup kicked off in Mexico. The games will be played in Canada and the U.S. as well, but we go to Mexico City, the capital of the most soccer-obsessed host country, to hear about the jubilant atmosphere. And a Somali referee who was set to make history officiating the World Cup was denied entry to the U.S. He returned to Mogadishu to a hero’s welcome.
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Somali World Cup referee denied U.S. entry, hailed as hero at home

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By Emmanuel Akinwotu Verified
| WVIZ-TV (Cleveland, OH) Verified
Updated June 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM EDT Days after he was denied entry to the United States, Omar Artan arrived home to a hero's welcome. Government officials greeted him at the airport with flowers, and fans draped him in the sky-blue Somali flag. In the capital of Mogadishu, thousands packed into a stadium—not for a soccer match, but to celebrate the referee.
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