DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).

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 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...

AFCON 2023: NIGERIA CONFIDENT OF WINNING FOURTH TITLE- COACH.(PHOTO).


Afcon 2023: Nigeria confident of winning fourth title - coach

The Nigeria squad is in Abu Dhabi for a training camp before flying out to Ivory Coast.

Coach Jose Peseiro has backed Nigeria to win a fourth Africa Cup of Nations, but conceded that it would be a real challenge when action gets under way in Côte d'Ivoire later this month.

The last of Nigeria's three continental titles came 10 years ago in South Africa.

"We will fight to win the Africa Cup even though it won’t be easy," Peseiro said in an interview with NFF TV.

"Our group is not easy because we are up against the Ivory Coast, who have a good squad and are playing at home.

"Equatorial Guinea reached the quarter-final at the last AFCON, better than Nigeria, while Guinea Bissau beat us at home (in the qualifiers).



 

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