Ajax or Vitesse will not receive the cup by a club star on Sunday when they win the TOTO KNVB Cup tournament. Due to the corona measures, there will be no physical presentation on the field in De Kuip this year in the final. The trophy is placed on a column on the podium and…
PSV completed the transfer of Joël Drommel on Friday after difficult negotiations. The keeper will come over from FC Twente after this season and will sign a contract with the Eindhoven team until mid-2026. At the beginning of March it already seemed that Drommel would leave for PSV after this season, but the clubs could…
Trainer Erik ten Hag finds the elimination of Ajax in the quarter-finals of the Europa League unjustified. The team from Amsterdam got no further than a 1-1 draw in the return on Thursday and were therefore unable to recover the 1-2 loss from the first game. “This is very annoying,” said Ten Hag afterwards RTL…
SC Cambuur is almost certain of promotion to the Eredivisie on Friday with a victory over Helmond Sport. For the club from Leeuwarden it feels like justice after the much-discussed end of last season. “For many people it is normal what we have done, but it is not”, says trainer Henk de Jong. Cambuur was…
Bert Konterman will leave PEC Zwolle after this season. The trainer had an offer to continue as assistant to Art Langeler, but chooses to resume his role as youth trainer at the KNVB. “I really like the position of head coach at PEC Zwolle. The club, staff, employees and supporters have offered me a very…
Real Madrid has qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday at the expense of Liverpool. The Spaniards kept the English 0-0 in the return of the quarterfinals at Anfield. Real had won the first leg 3-1 last week. Liverpool did have some chances in the second game, but Real was never seriously…
Manchester City has qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second time in club history on Wednesday. The English won 1-2 against Borussia Dortmund in Germany after an earlier 2-1 win in the home game. Dortmund was virtually a semi-finalist for a long time after Jude Bellingham’s opening goal, but early in…
Vincenzo Nibali crashed hard during a training on Wednesday. The Italian broke his right wrist and has to fear for his participation in next month’s Giro d’Italia. The Trek-Segafredo rider crashed during a bike ride near Lugano and was immediately taken to hospital for an examination. There, doctors diagnosed a compound fracture in the right…
Chairman Hinkelien Schreuder of the Dutch athletes committee understands very well that giving priority to Olympic athletes in the vaccination process leads to skewed faces. She says that the athletes are very happy with the decision. “There are plenty of stories from people who just as well deserve priority. That is also the great dilemma…
The Dutch sports federations look hopefully to the future after the corona press conference on Tuesday evening. In it, the outgoing cabinet announced an ‘Opening Plan’ for the coming period, in which the measures will be scaled down step by step. In step 2, which is scheduled for 11 May, the first relaxation for outdoor…