DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today wednesday said that the State and the Province of Gauteng in South Africa both posses the capacity to drive the desired industrial and economic growth in the African continent.Governor Ambode,who addressed Government House Correspondents shortly after a meeting with the Premier of the Province of Gauteng,Mr David Makhura on a possible partnership on advancing trade and industrialization at the Lagos House in Ikeja,described both city-States as the economic powerhouse of both Nigeria and South Africa.The Governor,who disclosed plans to enter into a bi-lateral relationship with the Province of Gauteng,aimed at boosting the economic capacities of not just Nigeria and South Africa,but the continent of Africa,said it would be a win-win situation that would grow the Gross Domestic Product {GDP} that would be beneficial to the citizen of both countries.Disclosing that a Memorandum of Understanding {MoU} would be signed in Johannesburg,South-Africa by September 2017,Governor Ambode said the benefits of the partnership on the long run could not be over-emphasised.More photos below.
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