The Portuguese female footballers started the European Championship in Switzerland on Thursday with a heavy defeat. The Portuguese lost 5-0 to world champions Spain on an emotional day. It was an emotional day for Portugal due to the death of Diogo Jota. The Liverpool forward and Portuguese international died in a traffic accident in Spain […]
Former goalkeeper Peter Rufai passed away on Thursday at the age of 61. The 65-time Nigerian international had been ill for a long time. Rufai was the first-choice goalkeeper for Nigeria at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. In both tournaments, the ‘Super Eagles’ reached the round of 16. At the 1994 World Cup, Rufai
Andries Jonker considered resigning as coach of the Dutch women’s team shortly before the European Championship, according to the 62-year-old Amsterdammer in the NOS Voetbalpodcast. The KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) informed Jonker at the end of January that his contract, expiring after the European Championship, would not be extended. He expressed surprise and disappointment
A 52-year-old man was sentenced on Thursday by the court in Croatia to fifty years in prison for shooting six people in a nursing home, including his own mother. He also injured several others. De Kroaat went to his mother’s nursing home in the city of Daruvar last July. He would pay his mother’s outstanding
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved the ‘big beautiful bill‘, President Donald Trump’s large spending bill, after hours of voting. The bill had already been approved by the House, the US House of Representatives. The bill then also survived a vote in the Senate (the US Senate), but with a number of amendments.
Good evening and welcome to this live blog! Here we will keep you informed of the match between Portugal and Spain at the European Championship for women, who has an emotional charge after the death of the Portuguese attacker Diogo Jota. 80 ‘There is the moment that Spain looked forward to: Aitana Bonmatí makes her
A 20-year-old man attacked passengers with a hammer on Thursday afternoon on a train bound for Vienna. Five people were injured, including the suspect. The man has been arrested. The incident occurred as the train was traveling between the Bavarian cities of Straubing and Plattling. Passengers overpowered the attacker, after which he could be arrested,
35′ So, a beautiful attack from Spain. The world champion moves the ball quickly from foot to foot, after which Clàudia Pina shoots. That effort is a prey for the Portuguese keeper Inês Pereira, but Spain shows its class here. It’s tiki-taka that no country can usually match. 29′ The Spanish Esther González has the
The Dutch activities of construction and infrastructure company VolkerWessels will be taken over by investor HAL and dredging and maritime service provider Boskalis. VolkerWessels owner Reggeborgh and HAL reached an agreement on Thursday. The acquisition concerns the divisions Construction & Real Estate Development and Infra NL. The large construction group accounted for a turnover of
Liverpool coach Arne Slot is in shock at the death of Diogo Jota. The coach cannot comprehend that his attacker died in a traffic accident in Spain on Thursday morning at the age of 28. “What to say? What can anyone say at such a moment, when the shock and pain are so incredibly intense?”,