Femke Bol will not compete in the 4×400 meter mixed relay on Sunday, the closing event at the European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid. The Dutch athlete wants to avoid overexertion and will return home. Bol will prepare for the upcoming Diamond League competitions (Monaco and London). There, she will return to her favorite event: […]
Six years after her first Dutch title on the road it was hit again on Saturday for Lorena Wiebes. The 26-year-old cyclist was supreme in the sprint, after good work by her teammates. Those four riders get a nice reward. If someone was happy with the relocation of the NK cycling from Nijmegen to Ede,
Spain, France, Italy and Portugal are preparing for a very early and extreme heatwave. In many areas it will be at least 40 degrees, and the temperature can rise to 45 degrees. The Spanish weather service has warned 35 of the 52 provinces. According to the Spanish broadcaster RTVE, there have only been eleven heatwaves
Max Verstappen finished third in the third free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. Both McLaren drivers were out of reach for the Dutchman, just like the day before. Lando Norris was the fastest. The 27-year-old Verstappen was two tenths slower than Norris with 1:04.534. The number two in the World Championship
The American president Donald Trump would “love” it if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell voluntarily resigned. Trump believes the head of the American central bank is “a stupid person” and states that “he has done a bad job.” Trump said this on Friday after a question from a reporter in the White House. The president
Bij de Noord-Hollandse plaats Middenmeer is vrijdagmiddag een grote kas van een tomatenkweker ingestort. Op het moment van instorten was er niemand in de kas. Er zijn geen gewonden gevallen. “We zijn dankbaar dat er op het moment dat het gebeurde geen mensen in de kas aanwezig waren”, zegt directeur Roy van Vliet van Agro
Lorena Wiebes became Dutch road race champion again on Saturday in Ede. She bested Charlotte Kool in a race marred by a crash in the peloton. Wiebes was considered the top favorite beforehand in the mass sprint and fully lived up to that role in Ede. Kool went early, but couldn’t make it difficult for
The 78-year-old director Steven Spielberg has no plans to retire. That reports The Hollywood Reporter. During a special evening in his honor in Los Angeles, Spielberg stated that he plans to continue working. “I have no plans to ever retire,” the American filmmaker said in a speech. The evening was organized by NBCUniversal to mark
In Germany, a relatively unknown climate summit took place this week, while it may be the most important place for global climate agreements. At a time when crises and wars overshadow the climate, countries tried to come closer together – here and there with success. Between the NATO summit and the war between Iran and
The Dutch 3×3 women’s basketball team has reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Mongolia on Saturday. In the quarter-finals, they convincingly defeated Australia: 21-11. Janis Boonstra, Noortje Driessen, Ilse Kuijt, and Evelien Lutje Schipholt quickly took a substantial lead against Australia and did not relinquish it. Shortly before the end, Kuijt sealed the