Italian prosecutors drop case against referees boss

Rocchi officiated at domestic and international level before his retirement from refereeing in 2020 [Getty Images]Prosecutors in Milan have requested that a sports fraud case against Gianluca Rocchi, the man in charge of assigning referees in Italy's top flight, be dismissed.The former international referee suspended himself in April after being placed under investigation for "complicity in sporting fraud" during the 2024-25 season.Rocchi, the National Referees Commission's referee designator fo