Carlos Alcaraz can defend his Roland Garros title on Sunday. The Spaniard was severely tested by Lorenzo Musetti in the semi-finals on Friday, until the Italian retired injured. In the final, Alcaraz will play against Jannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic. The semi-final initially went evenly. In the first nine games of set 1, both players […]
Gasperini nieuwe trainer van AS RomaAS Roma heeft Gian Piero Gasperini voor drie seizoenen gecontracteerd. De 67-jarige trainer poseert samen met onder anderen Claudio Ranieri, de man die hij opvolgt in Rome. Gasperini heeft een lange staat van dienst in het Italiaanse voetbal. In de voorbije negen jaar heeft hij indruk gemaakt bij Atalanta, dat
Oliver Antman is looking forward to Finland’s World Cup qualifier against Oranje on Saturday. The Go Ahead Eagles attacker, like national coach Jacob Friis, is full of confidence, although he realizes that the Netherlands has much more quality. “I don’t know the players from the Netherlands personally,” Antman said Friday afternoon at the Finnish team’s
Bij de Belgische club RWDM is de nodige tumult ontstaan. Op voorspraak van de Amerikaanse eigenaar John Textor verandert de club vanaf 1 juli de naam, het logo en de clubkleuren. RWDM heet daarom nu Daring Brussels. “Als Textor het in de Verenigde Staten had over RWDM (Racing White Daring Molenbeek, red.), kreeg hij gelijk
Dylan Groenewegen achieved a new stage victory in the Tour of Slovenia on Friday. The reigning Dutch champion was once again the best in the mass sprint. The 31-year-old Groenewegen started the sprint in the wheel of Juan Sebastián Molano on the slightly ascending finish street in Ormoz and then convincingly passed the Colombian. The
Telstar standout El Kachati appears to be going to NEC Youssef El Kachati seems to be staying in the Netherlands after all. The 25-year-old Telstar striker has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with NEC, where a three-year contract is said to be waiting for him. El Kachati had previously been linked with German clubs Hannover
Golfer Niklas Lemke hit a rare albatross on Friday at the KLM Dutch Open in Badhoevedorp. The German needed only two strokes to complete hole 3, while it actually takes five strokes. The 41-year-old Lemke needed only two strokes on hole 3 to cover the distance of 485 meters, giving him three under par. Three
The Women’s European Championship will be played in Switzerland from July 2 to 27 this summer. The Netherlands is in the ‘group of death’. View the schedule here. Group Stage Group A July 218:00: Iceland-Finland (Thun)21:00: Switzerland-Norway (Basel) July 618:00: Norway-Finland (Sion)21:00: Switzerland-Iceland (Bern) July 1021:00: Finland-Switzerland (Geneva)21:00: Norway-Iceland (Thun) Group B July 318:00: Belgium-Italy
Brian Brobbey is not happy that the extortion case surrounding him has come out, he tells De Telegraaf on Friday. Het Parool reported earlier in the day that the Ajax striker has been extorted for a longer period. “What is private should remain private,” says the 23-year-old Brobbey in a short response to De Telegraaf.
Fabio Jakobsen will miss this year’s Tour de France. The sprinter has not recovered in time from surgery on the pelvic arteries, his team Team Picnic PostNL announced on Friday. The 28-year-old Jakobsen underwent surgery in early April for a narrowing of the iliac artery in both legs. This injury is common among cyclists and