Luciano Spalletti has been dismissed as coach of Italy. The 66-year-old coach has been told by the Italian football association that he must leave after Monday’s World Cup qualifying match with Moldova. “I was not planning to leave, but I take my responsibility,” Spalletti said at a press conference on Sunday. “Winning convincingly tomorrow evening […]
A group of citizens conducted their own ‘border controls’ on Saturday evening at the border between Ter Apel and Rütenbrock, Germany. Police confirmed this to NU.nl following reports by RTV Noord. The group stopped and checked an unknown number of cars. According to RTV Noord, the vehicle checks for asylum seekers initially took place on
Puck Pieterse won the main race of the mountain bike World Cup in Leogang, Austria on Sunday. It was a boost for the Dutch all-rounder on the bike after her flat tire in Nové Mesto two weeks ago. Pieterse already won the short race in Leogang on Friday and was also the strongest in the
Game Alcaraz! 2-2The first game without breakpoints. Alcaraz is level again. Game Sinner! 2-1 Service hold for Sinner. Again, he survives breakpoints: two this time. We are already 25 minutes in. And the first tweener of the day is a fact. It comes from Alcaraz. The level is immediately good in the opening phase. Game
Pentecost is on Sunday and Monday: two official holidays. Many Dutch people are free both days, but not everyone knows the meaning of Pentecost (yet). What are we actually celebrating? A crash course. Pentecost is the last Christian holiday in a series that is mainly about the life of Jesus. His life according to the
Tadej Pogacar won the opening stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Sunday. The world champion stayed ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint. In the finale of the hilly stage, Pogacar was part of a leading group that barely stayed ahead of the peloton. Van der Poel, Vingegaard, Remco
The new plaque of a war monument at the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem has been vandalized. Previously, the original bronze plaque of the monument had already disappeared. “Disrespectful that people treat it this way,” the municipality says. “Everyone knows that bridge is very important to the history of Arnhem,” Arnhem alderman Bob Roelofs tells
A sixteen-year-old boy who confessed on Saturday evening to stabbing his 46-year-old mother and his six-year-old sister at home has been placed in a closed institution by the Belgian juvenile judge. After his act, he set their home on fire. The victims were discovered on Friday after a fire in their home in Haasrode, just
The police arrested a 23-year-old Frenchman on Saturday evening near Breda who was trying to smuggle, among other things, 7 kilos of ecstasy and 5 kilos of heroin abroad. He also appeared to be under the influence of cannabis. Officers checked a car in Prinsenbeek around 8:00 PM on Saturday. They noticed a strong smell
Lorena Wiebes has won the final stage of the Tour of Great Britain on Sunday. She beat compatriot Charlotte Kool in the final sprint. A flat stage to and from Glasgow was on the program. Wiebes was in a class of her own after 82.2 kilometers. Kool crossed the line a few meters behind her