Coco Gauff won Roland Garros for the first time on Saturday. The American secured a hard-fought victory over Aryna Sabalenka in the final. The 21-year-old Gauff defeated Sabalenka in three sets: 6-7 (5), 6-2, and 6-4. The match on the clay in Paris lasted over 2.5 hours. This is Gauff’s second Grand Slam title in […]
Tadej Pogacar is aiming for overall victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné, but doesn’t want to put too much pressure on himself after a month of training alone. The Slovenian will face Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel in the French stage race. “The field here is incredible. It’s almost like the Tour de France,” Pogacar
Former professional club RBC Roosendaal is experiencing a remarkable rise in the amateur leagues. The club secured promotion to the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Netherlands, on Saturday. RBC lost the return leg of the promotion final 2-0 to XerxesDZB, which also played professional football in the distant past. However, this defeat did
Kylian Mbappé also has no regrets of his departure from Paris after the Champions League win of his old club Paris Saint-Germain. The star player had just went to Real Madrid to win the ‘Cup with the big ears’. “The fact that PSG has won the Champions League without me does not touch me,” said
De Nederlandse hockeysters zijn zaterdag uitstekend begonnen aan de voorbereiding op het EK. Oranje rekende in de Pro League-wedstrijd in Amstelveen overtuigend af met Australië: 8-1. Bij rust stond het ‘slechts’ 2-0 voor Nederland, dankzij twee goals in de eerste drie minuten van de wedstrijd in het Wagener Stadion. Vlak na de pauze vond Australië
Demi Vollering has taken a significant step towards another overall victory in a stage race on Saturday. The Dutch rider seized the leader’s jersey in the Tour of Catalonia by winning a mountain stage. The 28-year-old Vollering made a major impact in the opening stage on Friday, finishing nearly two minutes ahead of the peloton
Cristiano Ronaldo will not move to another club this month to participate in the Club World Cup. A new encounter with his rival Lionel Messi will therefore not happen. “It has almost been decided that I will not participate in the Club World Cup, despite having received many invitations and offers,” Ronaldo said Saturday at
At the upcoming Club World Cup, referees will wear cameras on their bodies and a new form of offside technology will be introduced. FIFA announced this on Friday. In addition to the so-called bodycams and the new offside technology, fans in the stadium can listen live to the decisions the referee makes when he is
The concerns are significant in Italy after the dramatic start to the World Cup qualifying series. Luciano Spalletti’s team lost 3-0 to Norway and already fears a new World Cup trauma. “I have no words for it,” said goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma afterward. “I can’t explain what happened, but our fans don’t deserve this. We are
After the good international matches in March against Spain and the return of Ryan Gravenberch, national coach Ronald Koeman has more to choose from than ever in the Orange midfield. Up front, the pecking order is no longer as clear as at the European Championship. “They are difficult choices,” Koeman acknowledged on Friday evening at