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...

SOUTH AFRICA RAISED CONCERNS WITH CHINA OVER IRAN’S PARTICIPATION IN NAVAL DRILLS: PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA. (PHOTO).


 South Africa raised concerns with China over Iran’s participation in naval drills: President Ramaphosa


South Africa raised concerns with China over Iran’s participation in recent Chinese-led naval exercises in its waters, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday.


“The naval exercises were led by China, and we were just the host waters,” he told reporters.


Ramaphosa said China was responsible for organizing the exercises and inviting participants, and Pretoria raised with Beijing “the issue of Iran and said that it would be best that they should withdraw and not participate.”


He said South Africa launched a board of inquiry to review the exercises after extensive consultations revealed the need for more information on what occurred and how to respond.


“It is a matter that everyone in defense and in government is seized with at the moment,” he noted, Anadolu Agency reported.


He said the government prefers to carefully examine “every aspect of everything before just blurting out and saying whatever people want to hear on the gallery.”


The naval drills came amid heightened US‑Iran tensions and international concern over widespread protests in Iran.


Last week, Washington criticized Pretoria for allowing Iranian military forces to participate in exercises, expressing concern that the move undermines regional security.


Earlier, South Africa’s Defense Ministry said it had clearly communicated Ramaphosa’s instructions regarding Iran’s participation in the exercises and had established a board of inquiry to examine whether those directives were misrepresented or ignored.

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