FIFA told to compensate banned referee over cancelled World Cup visa as backlash grows

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FIFA have been told to hand banned referee Omar Artan thousands in compensation after he was barred from entering the USA . Artan was set to become the first referee from Somalia to officiate at the World Cup this summer. But he has been refused entry into the United States ahead of the tournament, with the organising body having confirmed that they will not intervene. Former PGMOL chief and ex-FIFA referee Keith Hackett has now had his say and claimed that FIFA should pay what Artan would have