The Tour de France is full of stories. Every day we highlight a historical moment that can be linked to the upcoming stage. Today stage 5: The ride in which the peloton drove to a secret finish location. The story of the Tour of 1904 is usually known: the top four is disqualified because this […]
Tim van Rijthoven has ended his tennis career on Tuesday. The 28-year-old from Brabant, who stunned in 2022 by winning the ATP tournament of Rosmalen, stops after persistent injury woes. “With pain in my heart, I must share something today that I have been trying to process for a long time,” Van Rijthoven writes on
Germany did excellent business on Tuesday at the European Women’s Football Championship in Switzerland. Coach Christian Wück’s team won a thrilling match against Denmark 2-1 and can hardly miss a place in the quarter-finals. A lot happened in the match at St. Jakob-Park in Basel. Klara Bühl thought she had put Germany ahead after eighteen
Carlos Alcaraz remains on course for his third consecutive Wimbledon title. The defending champion defeated British home player Cameron Norrie in the quarter-finals in less than two hours: 6-2, 6-3 and 6-3. Alcaraz had start-up problems in the opening round against Fabio Fognini last week, in which he lost two sets, but now the number
After Arno Kamminga, Caspar Corbeau also leaves the Netherlands. The winner of Brons at the Olympic Games in Paris will train in Belgium. There he is reunited with coach Mark Faber, who left the KNZB last year. “Time for change,” Corbeau writes on social media on Tuesday. “After a long thought, the decision is easy.
Boksster Maud van der Toorn definitely does not go to the World Cup in Liverpool. The Dutch had filed summary proceedings against the boxing union to force a place in the selection, but she has lost that summary proceedings. According to the Court of the Central Netherlands, the Dutch boxing union does not have to
Aryna Sabalenka reached the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday. The Belarusian world number one lost a set for the first time in this tournament against Laura Siegemund, but fought her way to victory. Her next opponent is Amanda Anisimova. In three of her four previous matches, Sabalenka needed a tiebreak, but she was always assured of
Ten Hag would also like to have PSV’s Bakayoko Will Erik ten Hag go shopping at PSV again with Bayer Leverkusen? According to the latest rumors, the Bundesliga club has contacted PSV for Johan Bakayoko. The 22-year-old right winger’s contract expires next year, so PSV will have to cooperate with a transfer to prevent a
Mathieu van der Poel was disappointed with his lost duel with Tadej Pogacar in the fourth stage of the Tour de France. The Dutchman narrowly had to bow his head to the world champion in the sprint. Van der Poel couldn’t follow Pogacar and his challenger Jonas Vingegaard on the steep final hill, but he
Tadej Pogacar celebrated a special milestone on Tuesday with his stage victory in the Tour de France. The world champion is only 26, but already sprinted to his hundredth professional victory in the streets of Rouen. Pogacar is the 25th man with a hundred victories in professional cycling. “Winning in the Tour is great, especially