Daan Huizing finished as the best Dutchman at the KLM Open on Sunday. The 34-year-old golfer from Soest finished in a shared nineteenth place. The tournament in Badhoevedorp was won by the Scot Connor Syme. Huizing started the final day in a shared eighth place after he had played a fine round of 69 strokes […]
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
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
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
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
National coach of England Thomas Tuchel is unhappy about the attitude of his players in the match against Andorra. England ran into the number 173 of the FIFA ranking on Saturday no further than a 0-1 win. “I was worried in the last twenty minutes, because I was not happy with our team’s attitude,” Tuchel
Frenkie de Jong expects to extend his contract with FC Barcelona in the foreseeable future. The Dutch international wants to continue with the club, where his current contract expires after next season. “I think I will sign a new contract. I can’t say it with 100 percent certainty, but if everything goes well, it will
Ronald Koeman is moderately satisfied with the Dutch national team’s victory on Saturday visiting Finland (0-2) in the World Cup qualifying series. The national coach regrets that his team could not maintain the high level of the first half hour. In the first thirty minutes, Oranje had no trouble with Finland and quickly took a
Jorrel Hato will join the Young Oranje squad for the European Championship in Slovakia as early as Sunday. The defender was supposed to be with the Dutch national team until Tuesday, but national coach Ronald Koeman is letting him leave for the youth team earlier. The nineteen-year-old Hato was still part of Oranje’s match selection
Virgil van Dijk is tevreden over de zege van het Nederlands elftal na de overwinning op Finland (0-2) in de WK-kwalificatiereeks. De aanvoerder benadrukt hoe lastig is het voor de Oranjespelers om na het clubseizoen nog interlands te spelen. Het Nederlands elftal kende een zorgeloze avond in Helsinki, waar de ploeg al binnen 23 minuten