Ireland women's soccer coach confident of a follow-up to rape allegations 

Vera Pauw: 'I feel free, it’s out of my body. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Vera Pauw is confident there will finally be a follow-up to her allegations of rape while she worked with Dutch football federation, KNVB.

The manager of the Ireland women’s team revealed on July 1 details of historical assaults from male staff tracing back to her time as a player 35 years ago. She has escalated the issue, which involved three separate attacks, to the police.