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News Somalia » Sports: Somalia president congratulates World Cup-bound referee Omar Artan

News channel or source: https://www.iraqinews.com/sports/somalia-president-congratulates-world-cup-bound-referee-omar-artan/
Published on: Saturday 11 April 2026

Somalia president Hassan Mohamud congratulated football referee Omar Artan who has made history as the first Somalian to be selected to ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia: Youth and Sports Minister elected as MP in a re-contest parliamentary ballot

News channel or source: https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia-youth-and-sports-minister-elected-as-mp-in-a-re-contest-parliamentary-ballot
Published on: Sunday 02 April 2017

MOGADISHU, Somalia-The outgoing Federal Minister for Youth and Sports Mohamed Abdullahi Nuuh was elected as a member of the Lower House chamber of the Federal Parliament in a re-run election in ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia football slowly becomes a women's game

News channel or source: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/somalia-football-slowly-becomes-womens-065635553.html
Published on: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Hundreds of Somali spectators cheered as they watched two teams of young women play football in a Mogadishu stadium -- an unimaginable scene in the conservative, conflict-hit country just a few years ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia: Outgoing Sports Minister elected lawmaker despite ban

News channel or source: https://www.garoweonline.com/index.php/en/news/somalia/somalia-outgoing-sports-minister-elected-lawmaker-despite-ban
Published on: Wednesday 12 October 2016

JOWHAR, Somalia- The outgoing Somali Sports and Youth Minister, Mohamed Aduallah Hassan Nuh, was elected as MP in the ongoing Lower House elections in Jowhar town, despite recent ban from the Federal ...

News Somalia » Sports: Athletics chairwoman suspended after video of world’s slowest ever 100m sprint goes viral

News channel or source: https://7news.com.au/sport/athletics/athletics-chairwoman-suspended-after-video-of-worlds-slowest-ever-100m-sprint-goes-viral-c-11474883
Published on: Wednesday 02 August 2023

Somalia’s minister of youth and sports has suspended the chairwoman of the country’s athletics federation after a female sprinter took more than 21 seconds to complete the 100 metres at the World ...