SOMALI WORLD CUP REFEREE DENIED ENTRY TO UNITED STATES. (PHOTO).

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 Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to United States Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Artan, has been denied entry into the United States despite holding a valid visa, according to a senior official in Somalia’s sports ministry. Artan, who is set to become the first Somali referee to officiate at the FIFA World Cup finals, was stopped at Miami International Airport and subsequently returned to Istanbul, where he had been residing. The reason for the denial was not immediately disclosed. However, Somalia is among the countries affected by a travel ban introduced by the administration of Donald Trump. Reacting to the development, Ciise Aden Abshir, a senior adviser to Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and a former national team captain, described Artan as one of Africa’s most respected referees. “Omar Artan is among Africa’s most respected referees and deserves the support of the entire football community,” Abshir told AFP on Monday. He added that preventing the referee fro...

SPAIN SWORN IN A NEW KING,FELIPE VI,TODAY.

Public display: As Leonor (left) and Sofia (right) waved to the thousands gathered outside the royal palace, their parents embraced one another               It was a low key ceremony that monarchists hope will usher a new era in their troubled royal household.Felipe VI,has taken to the throne after his father Juan Carlos tearfully signed his abdication papers at midnight last night following a 36 year reign.The new monarch,his wife Letizia and their two daughters Leonor,eight years old and Sofia,seven years old were ferried through Madrid in a low key affair after a brief military parade to their first official engagement.The crowd was banned from protesting and thousand's of football fans are today mourning Spain's premature exist from world cup.More photos below.                           In awe: Felipe and Letizia grinned at their daughters eight-year-old Leonor, left, and seven-year-old Sofia, right, as they looked starstruck by the whole affairHandover: This morning, Juan Carlos and his son Felipe stood side-by-side in the Zarzuela Palace of Madrid in front of their family before the red sash was passed onPrince Felipe, crowned as Felipe VI of Spain, and Queen Letizia,  arrive to Spanish parliament in Madrid accompanied by daughters Princess Leonor and Princess SofiaOath: The new 46-year-old king swore an oath promising to uphold the constitution before calling for a 'new Spain that we can build together'Honoured: To complete the ceremony, the family stood outside parliament on a red-carpeted podium to her the national anthemStatesman-like: Felipe looked every inch a king as he cruised through sunny Madrid in a Rolls Royce, waving at his peoplePatriotic: Despite having just crashed out of the World Cup in the first round, Spaniards held their flags with pride and banners saying 'Long live King Felipe VI!'Austerity: Determined to maintain the country's era of austerity, as one in three Spaniards remains unemployed, the family have opted for a low-key ceremony

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