Nonprofit returns free World Cup tickets over barring of Somali ref
A youth-soccer nonprofit in Seattle has returned 20 free World Cup tickets to protest the U.S. decision to bar Somali referee Omar Artan from entering the country. The African Youth Sports Academy received the tickets to the round of 16 match next month as pa…
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A youth-soccer nonprofit in Seattle has returned 20 free World Cup tickets to protest the U.S. decision to bar Somali referee Omar Artan from entering the country. The African Youth Sports Academy received the tickets to the round of 16 match next month as pa…
SEATTLE (AP) Ali Abdulla was over the moon when he learned his youth-soccer nonprofit would receive 20 free tickets to the World Cup round of 16 match next month in Seattle. Many of the kids in his A…
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