The battle for the America’s Cup, which takes place in New Zealand from March 6 this year, is the most prestigious sailing race in the world. And the ships that participate are the best of the best from a technological standpoint. Hydrofoils will play the main role in the competition to come: wings that lift boats just above the water …

Michael McDowell won the Daytona 500 on Monday morning (Dutch time). The Ford driver took advantage of a major accident during the final stages of The Great American Race, the first race of the new NASCAR Cup Series season. In the last lap, Joey Logano was in the lead, with Penske teammate Brad Keselowski behind him. Keselowski received a firm …

Twenty thousand people in the Netherlands have undergone organ or stem cell donation. Only a fraction of them – around four hundred – exercise several times a week. Too little confidence in one’s own body, too little knowledge of sports clubs and too little stimuli from the medical world are some of the reasons. The Sports and Transplantation Foundation wants …

Amsterdam, February 15, 2021 / EZPress / George Bennett is New Zealand’s new road cycling champion. This is the first national title for the 30-year-old cyclist of Team Jumbo-Visma. Earlier this week he already won silver in the time trial. Bennett had already finished second in the National Road Championship twice and was also second in the time trial on …

Han Urbanus was the first Dutch baseball player to delve into the cuisine of American professional baseball. He used the knowledge acquired in 1952 during an internship of over a month with the New York Giants to develop the sport in the Netherlands. The internship made Urbanus, then 24, realize that there was still a lot of work to be …

NFLAmerican coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots Football Club has declined the White House’s invitation to receive President Donald Trump’s Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is the highest honor bestowed on citizens of the United States. Belichick explained his decision in a statement, without mentioning the president’s name. He was referring to the events of last week in …

NIJMEGEN – He came to NEC cycling training last year and asked if he could train with the Nijmegen club. Michael den Heijer signed his first professional contract on Wednesday. The 21-year-old midfielder has signed a two-season commitment, with NEC having an option for two more years. “With Michael’s registration another player follows from the promises,” said Remco Oversier, technical …

“You are always looking for innovation,” says Patrick Vader of SportZeeland of the addition of the Coach of the Year category. “This award has been around for a while at the National Sports Gala and we see it as an example.” Vader hopes that by handing out this award, new coaches will be inspired to reach the top. “We don’t …

El Salvador, former football boss extradited to United States in ANP corruption case Reynaldo Vasquez, a former soccer boss from El Salvador, has been extradited to the United States. The director who ran the national football association between 2009 and 2010 was indicted in the United States in 2015 in connection with the large-scale bribery case of the world football …

The Clubhouse app is rapidly gaining popularity right now. But what exactly is it and what can you do with it? Clubhouse is a social media released last April. At the moment, the app is only available for iOS, but the developers are working on an Android version. People must be invited by other users to join. The app is …