ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation·3 min read·medium
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dead at 38 two months after World Cup axing
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Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died at age 38, two months after being removed from the 2026 World Cup officiating panel. His removal followed a British police investigation into an alleged sexual assault, which was ultimately dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died just two months after he was removed from the panel of World Cup referees. ( Getty Images: Pieter van der Woude )
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