Kim Polling was completely surprised when she was told on Tuesday that she will not be allowed to go to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next summer. The selection committee of the Dutch judo association prefers Sanne van Dijke. The Netherlands may delegate one judoka per weight class and Polling (30) and Van Dijke (25)…
Henk Grol, Sanne van Dijke and Guusje Steenhuis may participate in the Olympic Games next summer, the selection committee of the Dutch judo association announced on Tuesday evening. That means that Kim Polling, the number three in the world in her weight class, will be missing from Tokyo next summer. Good to know The Netherlands…
Kiki Bertens knows who her opponent is when she makes her return to the highly regarded tournament in Madrid this week. The number ten in the world is on the Spanish clay court opposite the only fifteen-year-old Victoria Jiménez from Andorra. Jiménez is number 901 in the world. Last year she made an impression by…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku were fined Tuesday by the prosecutor of the Italian Football Association FIGC for their verbal clash at the end of January in the cup match between Internazionale and AC Milan. The FIGC started an investigation into “unsportsmanlike behavior and provocative language” in early February. It was also examined whether Ibrahimovic…
Golfer Wil Besseling has to miss the Tenerife Open this week. The 35-year-old North Hollander has to be in isolation for ten days in Gran Canaria, because he has been tested positive for the corona virus. The infection at Besseling was established after the Gran Canaria Open in Maspalomas. At that tournament of the European…
The clubs in the Serie A will be removed from the competition if they still participate in the Super League. The Italian Football Association adopted a rule on Monday that makes that possible. The decision comes a week after Juventus, Internazionale and AC Milan tried to set up a Super League with nine other clubs…
Rafael Nadal is happy with his title at the Barcelona ATP tournament and the way he took the prize only makes him more satisfied. The number two in the world settled on Sunday in an extremely long final with Stéfanos Tsitsipás. In a batch of no less than 3 hours and 38 minutes it became…
The KNVB has called on the government to extend the pilot phase for football matches with the public for the remaining matches of the season in the Eredivisie and the Kitchen Champion Division, the Dutch football association announced on Sunday evening. The KNVB says that “in this phase for the operation and logistics around the…
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Referee Danny Makkelie will be in charge of the first meeting between Real Madrid and Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday, UEFA announced on Sunday. 38-year-old Makkelie is helped in Madrid by his permanent assistants Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. Kevin Blom is the video referee and is assisted by…