The Giro d’Italia was turned upside down again on Tuesday. Richard Carapaz dealt a blow to pink jersey wearer Isaac del Toro, while top favorites Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso had to abandon their ambitions for the overall victory. For more than two weeks, Del Toro showed no sign of weakness. The 21-year-old Mexican from […]
Freek Rikkerink, known from the music duo Suzan & Freek, has metastatic lung cancer. The couple announces that a cure is no longer possible and that they are ceasing all work. Rikkerink’s illness is especially hard-hitting, as the duo is expecting their first child later this year. “Our world has been completely turned upside down,”
Guillaume Elmont faced three top judokas simultaneously suspended for doping violations two weeks after taking office as director of top sport at the judo association. The former world champion sees no connection between the three cases. Elmont would have preferred to talk only about the future at his first press conference as judo director on
The leaders of VVD, NSC, and BBB do not yet seem impressed by the asylum plans presented by PVV leader Geert Wilders on Monday. They are willing to talk, but also refer to PVV Minister of Asylum Marjolein Faber. Wilders wants to break open the coalition agreement to take new asylum measures. The PVV leader
Thierry Baudet faces a two-week suspension because the FVD leader continues to refuse to disclose his secondary activities. Members of Parliament are required to do so to prevent (the appearance of) conflicts of interest. A large majority of the House of Representatives voted in favor of a recommendation from the so-called College of Integrity Investigation
While water and electricity are not a given in Sudan due to drone attacks, the African country is also struggling with a deadly cholera outbreak. In one week, the disease claimed at least 172 lives. “The biggest humanitarian crisis prevails in Sudan,” aid organizations say about the war. An estimated tens of thousands of people
Suzan Lamens did not succeed in reaching the second round of Roland Garros on Tuesday. In her tournament debut, she was no match for the American Ashlyn Krueger: 3-6 and 4-6. In rainy Paris, it went up and down from the first moment. The 25-year-old Lamens was broken in her first service game but managed
FC Volendam, recently promoted, has signed Orkun Kökçü’s older brother on Tuesday in their effort to stay in the Eredivisie. Ozan Kökçü was available on a free transfer after playing for the Finnish club HJK Helsinki for a year. The 26-year-old Kökçü signs a one-year contract with an option for another year with the champion
The controversial aid organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributed the first food packages in southern Gaza on Tuesday. The aid was actually supposed to start on Monday, but that was not possible due to logistical and operational problems. The Israeli Channel 12 reports that aid packages have been distributed at two distribution locations in the southern
Former tennis player Richard Krajicek has undergone heart surgery. His wife, Daphne Deckers, announced this on Instagram on Tuesday. Deckers shared a photo of Krajicek with a large “get well soon” balloon. “I want to give you an update on behalf of Richard: he has had heart surgery,” she wrote. “A PEARS operation to be