Rob Dieperink, KNVB and FIFA
Monday
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died aged 38, weeks after being removed from FIFA’s World Cup officials list. He had been selected as a VAR for the tournament before being dropped following a UK police investigation.
The Metropolitan Police said the sexual-assault case against him was closed because the evidential threshold was not met after enquiries. KNVB and FIFA paid tribute to Dieperink, whose cause of death has not been disclosed.