With videoLionel Messi continues to wear the captain’s armband at his new club Inter Miami CF. This was said by his coach Tata Martino as he approached his team’s next game against Atlanta United on Tuesday night (01:30 a.m.) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Messi made his debut for his new club overnight from Friday to Saturday with a substitute in …

Arno Kamminga swims to silver, with Italian Nicolo Martinenghi (above) and American Nic Fink (below) in the 100m breaststroke final.PNA Picture It’s a good thing that the Swimming World Cup podium has large dimensions. Three men climbed the second-highest step at the 100-meter breaststroke medal ceremony in Japan on Monday. The radiant Arno Kamminga was flanked by the Italian Nicolò …

24 jul 2023 om 10:35Update: 5 uur geleden Dutch water polo players qualified for the World Cup semi-finals in Fukuoka, Japan on Monday. National coach Evangelos Doudesis’ team settled with Canada: 17-10. The Netherlands dominated almost the entire game. Already after the first quarter, the 2008 Olympic champion was leading 6-2. After that, the formation of Doudesis slowly but surely …

USA soccer players started the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with a 3-0 win over Vietnam. Sophia Smith netted a brace for the defending champion, who will face the Netherlands in the group stage on Thursday. The quadruple world champion did not have too much trouble against Vietnam, debuting in the World Cup, in front of more than …

Defeat BrewerBotic van de Zandschulp has withdrawn from the ATP tournament in Hamburg, which starts on Monday. The world number 45 suffers from an ankle injury. Van de Zandschulp, 27, would face Juan Pablo Varillas of Peru in the first round. Van de Zandschulp, the world number 45, has struggled with injuries all year. At the start of this year …

23 jul 2023 om 15:20Update: 4 minuten geleden Femke Bol won the Diamond League 400m hurdles in impressive fashion on Sunday. The 23-year-old broke his own European record (52.03) in London by more than half a second: 51.45 seconds. The 51.45 is the third time ever run. Only Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was twice as fast as Bol. The 23-year-old American holds …

New Zealand Police have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of arson at the hotel where New Zealand national team players and staff are staying. A fire broke out on Saturday evening at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, following which the selection had to be evacuated. No one was hurt. A police spokeswoman cannot say anything about the nationality of …

Dutch footballers aren’t the only ones having problems with New Zealand training grounds. Portugal national coach Francisco Neto told a press conference on Saturday that training could not take place in Auckland on Friday due to persistent rain. “So we had to completely change our schedule,” said Neto, who will meet Orange on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (Dutch time) in …

22 jul 2023 om 10:49Update: een uur geleden Dutch footballers will play their first World Cup match in Australia and New Zealand on Sunday, but the tournament is not commercially attractive. Supermarkets, stores and advertisers are failing en masse. Women’s football has experienced significant development in recent years. For example, there is more and more attention for sports and there …

Shutterstock/Mikolaj Barbanell/Featureflash Photo Agency It’s a wonderful tradition at every women’s football tournament: to watch the hottest players in the stands. Also during the World Cup which has just started in Australia and New Zealand, our thoughts regularly wander to all the handsome men in the stands. These are the guys to keep an eye on this world championship. Servando …