Michael van Gerwen reached the quarter-finals of the Players’ Championship final. The six-time winner was 10-6 too strong for Gary Anderson in the third round, having already won 6-3 against Raymond van Barneveld earlier today. Vincent van der Voort can also come into action on Sunday in Minehead, England. It was 10-7 too strong for Danny Noppert in the second …
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Matildas vs New Zealand live score, updates, start time, squads, Australians, Sam Kerr
Matilda is in desperate need of form as he kicks off his Olympic campaign against New Zealand on Wednesday night in Tokyo. Despite being a global force in women’s football in recent years, the Australian women’s team are still chasing their first Olympic medal after being knocked out by Brazil in the quarter-finals in 2016. And reunited in a solid …
Read More »Windsor firmly against 2022 regulations: “They should leave the cars alone”
Formula 1 regulations will come into force next season. The renewed aerodynamics of the cars should ensure that the cars can follow each other better, so that a race will see more passing actions. While this change looks positive, Peter Windsor is a staunch opponent of the new regulations. He sees that sports makers are doing all they can to …
Read More »There are limits to making sport more attractive
When I started my career at Ajax, there were no journalists in the catacombs or cameras in the dressing rooms. In the United States, fans have already been able to take a look behind the scenes. Today, it is of the utmost importance for large media companies to be able to offer football and other sports exclusively to their viewers. …
Read More »PEC Zwolle has a new assistant coach | The Swollenaer
PEC Zwolle is the new assistant to head coach Dick Schreuder. The 34-year-old coach and former club player comes from FC Volendam, where he managed Jong FC Volendam. Plat signs a contract at Zwolle for a year and a half with an option for another season. Plat made his professional football debut for FC Volendam in 2007 as a professional …
Read More »Richard Kempthorne is the new representative of the Municipality of Westerkwartier in New Zealand
Richard Kempthorne, former mayor of the Tasman district, has been appointed to represent the Municipality of Westerkwartier in New Zealand. The New Zealand Municipality of the District of Tasman has been the sister municipality of the former Municipality of Grootegast for many years. In 2017, this bond of friendship was reaffirmed and brought to the new municipality of Westerkwartier. With …
Read More »Sport set to lead the way in Italy as gender gap narrows during Winter Games
According to Nielsen’s Gracenote analysis, women are expected to win three-quarters of Italy’s medals at the February Winter Games in Beijing, with the smallest gender gap in history. At the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924, women could only compete in two events, both in figure skating and one, in mixed pairs, as they needed a man to participate. The …
Read More »IJzendijke and Almekinders will stand there for another season
November Coaching News Marco Groeneveld will leave Sint-Willebrord next summer at Rood-Wit W. Coach de Goes then worked for the Brabant Premier League team for three seasons. In his own province, Groeneveld previously worked for Arnemuiden, SSV’65 in Goes and Bruse Boys in Bruinisse. Serooskerke has found a new coach for next season. Cees Houtepen returns after leaving the club …
Read More »Swimming team wins eight World Cup medals with excellent Kromowidjojo
The United States won no less than thirty medals in the 25-meter pool in Abu Dhabi: nine gold, nine silver and twelve bronze. Canada took second on the basis of seven gold medals with a total of fifteen, ahead of Italy (sixteen medals, including five gold). At the previous World Short Course Championship three years ago in the Chinese city …
Read More »Gymnastics coach Van Bokhoven becomes performance manager at NOC * NSF
Van Bokhoven (43) will be one of the performance managers who support coaches and technical directors of various sports in their best sports programs of the so-called high performance team. “I have been working in gymnastics for twenty years. Now is the time to take this step,” says Van Bokhoven. “Although it also hurts a bit: I have devoted myself …
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