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...

DAVID NABARRO, COVID-19 SPECIAL ENVOY, DIES AT 75.(PHOTO).


 David Nabarro, COVID-19 special envoy, dies at 75

David Nabarro, the World Health Organization’s special envoy for COVID-19 since the pandemic began in 2020, died at the age of 75, the WHO announced Saturday.


WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Nabarro as “a great champion of global health and health equity” and a “wise, generous mentor” to many. Nabarro also served as co-director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. During the peak of the pandemic in 2021, he urged increased global cooperation and support for poorer nations, calling the crisis “unlike anything else” in his career. Nabarro had previously run for WHO director general in 2017, finishing second to Tedros.

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