Somali referee Omar Artan has been picked to officiate the showcase UEFA Super Cup game in August, just days after he was denied entry to the United States ahead of the World Cup tournament where he was due to work.

Somali referee Omar Artan has been picked to officiate the showcase UEFA Super Cup game in August, just days after he was denied entry to the United States ahead of the World Cup tournament where he was due to work.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin poured praise on the Somali referee in a statement released a few hours before global body FIFA’s flagship World Cup was to start.

Omar Artan, the Somali refree who was denied entry to the US for the World Cup, was picked on Thursday to officiate the showcase UEFA Super Cup game in August between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa.

NEW YORK, June 11 : Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is unable to take part in the World Cup after being denied entry to the United States, has been appointed to officiate the UEFA Super Cup between Paris St Germain and Aston Villa.Artan, 34, was named among match officials for the June 11-July 19 Wo