AFP OUR Sports•yesterday, 07:41 With thirteen gold, nine silver and eleven bronze medals, the American track and field team dominated the first world championships in the United States. Behind the country of origin, Ethiopia, Jamaica and Kenya had to settle for ten medals in the medal standings. On the final day in Eugene, the world records of Nigerian Tobi Amusan …

Tim van Rijthoven is not worried about his participation in the US Open. The world number 104 injured his back during a tournament in Indianapolis last week. The US Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, begins on Monday August 29. Van Rijthoven (25) was transferred to the main tournament last week after South African Lloyd Harris was …

The Athletics Union is reasonably pleased with the performance of Dutch athletes at the World Cup in Eugene, although the ambition has not been met. The orange team won four medals, equaling the record at the 2017 World Cup in London. “The ambition was five medals and twelve places in the final. It became four medals and nine finals”, explains …

On the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugène, the Belgian Tornados won the bronze medal in the 4×400 meters final. The Belgian Cheetahs finished sixth in their final. This is the third medal of honor of this World Cup for the Belgian team, after Nafi Thiam’s gold in the heptathlon and Bashir Abdi’s bronze in the marathon. …

,, No, I’m far from relaxed. We deserved to lose and that makes sense because we’re just not good enough,” coach Tuchel said at the press conference after the earwash. He praised Arsenal for the performance. “There has a structure in there. We are not competitive enough and that is a small part of the problem. Arsenal are miles ahead …

with videoMatthijs de Ligt honored his unofficial debut for Bayern Munich with a goal. The defender was accurate in the friendly against Washington’s DC United, which Bayern won 6-2. sports editor Jul 21, 2022 Last update: 07-21-22, 22:47 De Ligt, 22, was responsible for the 0-4 in the 47th minute, just a minute after entering the pitch. He was precise …

The Dutch women’s relays were disqualified from Saturday to Sunday from the 4×400 meters at the World Championships in Eugene. During the exchange between Lieke Klaver and Cathelijn Peeters, the baton fell and the rules were violated during the replay. Moments later, the Dutch missed the final battle by a hundredth. Peeters continued his run after a messy substitution, after …

Muslim girls at a festival in Lagos, Nigeria.ANP/EPA picture Africa is not a country. Not all children cry with hungry bellies and faces full of flies. Not every African country is under a dictator (only ten percent) and the continent is not meant to be a safari park for Western tourists. Yes, these seemingly entrenched prejudices are sometimes quite high …

Pole vaulter Menno Vloon reached the final of a World Cup for the first time in his career overnight from Friday to Saturday. In the 4×100 meters relay, Dutch teams disappointed at Hayward Field Stadium in Eugene. Vloon, 28, was one of twelve athletes who managed to conquer a height of 5.75 meters in qualifying. He reached this height on …

The Red Flames were knocked out of the European Championship in England. On Friday evening, the Belgian women’s football team lost 1-0 to Sweden in the quarter-finals. The adventure of the Red Flames European Championship in England ends in the quarter-finals. Sweden, the big favorite, proved to be too high a hurdle on Friday evening. In Leigh, the Belgians lost …