With what status will the Orange Women start the World Cup when they kick off against Portugal in Dunedin, New Zealand on Sunday morning? As favorites for overall victory, what would justify their stature as vice-world champions? As an underdog? Or as an underdog, which, given their current position in the world rankings – ninth – would be a more …

For months there have been attempts to mobilize the Dutch in New Zealand and a real orange march is also held at every Orange Lionesses World Cup game, but there will be no support from a huge orange mass for Andries Jonker’s team. Fewer than 2,000 Dutch fans bought a ticket for the Orange Lionesses, who face the United States …

For months there have been attempts to mobilize the Dutch in New Zealand and a real orange march is also held at every Orange Lionesses World Cup game, but there will be no support from a huge orange mass for Andries Jonker’s team. Fewer than 2,000 Dutch fans bought a ticket for the Orange Lionesses, who face the United States …

Becoming a teammate of players you’ve always admired: that’s what happens to footballer Wieke Kaptein from Hengelo. After her professional contract with FC Twente, playing in the Eredivisie and the Champions League, she is now selected for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which begins on Thursday. At 17, she is the youngest Dutch player to have …

Wieke Kaptein in Sydney.ImageGetty Images “No, I haven’t heard it myself,” laughs Wieke Kaptein when confronted with texts from national coach Andries Jonker. He said he had a smile on his face when he saw the young FC Twente midfielder at work. “My brothers joked about it,” said Kaptein, who is the youngest Dutch player to play in a World …

She must have been flying for more than 24 hours, but once in the New Zealand town of Tauranga, Orange captain Sherida Spitse realizes she is “on the other side of the world”. “It’s very different,” the 33-year-old says of New Zealand culture. She doesn’t have much time to think about it. “It’s really going to start now,” says Spitse, …

Football fans in Australia and New Zealand are in the starting blocks for the FIFA World Cup, the biggest women’s sporting event in the world. For the first time, a world senior football tournament will be held in these southern hemisphere countries. Football is not the number one, two or even three national sport in Australia and New Zealand. The …

NewFootball This summer, the Media Museum of Sound & Vision presents a mini-exhibition on a century of women’s football. It was created in collaboration with The memory of the Netherlands and sports historian Jurryt van de Vooren. Ter occasion by He world Cup football in Australia And New-Zeeland is inside media museum by Statue & Its a temporary presentation about …

Another week has arrived, which means there are plenty of exciting sporting events on the schedule. Because whoever thought that there was little sport to live this summer, is very wrong. We put everything for the enthusiasts sports competition in a row that this week (Monday July 24 to Sunday July 30) should definitely not be missing from your diary. …

The Netherlands will allow tastings of lab-grown cultured meat from animal stem cells. This allows cultured meat producers to have their products tasted before starting the ‘novel food’ approval process. For example, producers can, if necessary, adjust their product before the procedure to improve the taste experience. This is what the interim Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) …