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Women’s football is making progress, but there is still a long way to go

Women’s football is making progress, but there is still a long way to go

The final of the women’s cup is on the program in France. Olympic Lyon, where Red Flame Janice Cayman leaves after this season, will face PSG. Women’s football is going through an important period in our southern neighbours. A few weeks ago, it was announced that a fully professional competition would start from the 2024-2025 season. They follow in the …

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USA gymnasts win sixth straight world title | Other sports

USA gymnasts win sixth straight world title |  Other sports

American gymnasts extended their world title at the World Cup in Liverpool. For the United States, it is the sixth consecutive Nations Cup world title. Team USA, with Jordan Chiles, Shilese Jones, Jade Carey, Skye Blakely and Leanne Wong, had 166,564 points. Despite a fall from Blakely on the balance beam, the American gymnasts edged Great Britain by 3,201 points. …

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Joking Van Gaal receives more questions about Belgium than about ‘the very energetic United States’

Joking Van Gaal receives more questions about Belgium than about ‘the very energetic United States’

Soccer OUR•Friday, December 2, 2022, 3:05 p.m. Will Louis van Gaal be Belgium’s new national coach? This question occupies the international media during the press conference of the preparation of the Orange team against the United States on Saturday in the round of 16 of the World Cup. “Belgium is a beautiful country, I’ve already thought about it,” Van Gaal …

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The first Dutch professional soccer player played in the American League

The first Dutch professional soccer player played in the American League

NewRemarkableFootball The Orange team is today playing the World Cup against the United States, the country of Gerrit Visser. He was the first Dutch professional footballer there. Gerrit Visser in 1924 with an unknown woman. Photo from the KNVB collection through the National Archives A hundred years ago, it was still forbidden in the Netherlands to earn money as a …

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Amber Mutsaers with FC Eindhoven on the eve of the first national title: “The closer we get, the more the pressure increases” | Sports region

Amber Mutsaers with FC Eindhoven on the eve of the first national title: “The closer we get, the more the pressure increases” |  Sports region

FC Eindhoven Women can hardly miss the first national amateur title. Saturday against Be Quick’28, the crown must be placed on a magnificent season. From the start, it was clear that the supremacy of the blues and whites could not be questioned. In Amber Mutsaers, coach Ivo Veltrop has a very experienced player in his squad. The defender is eagerly …

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‘They wanted football to be big in the United States. It became my mission’

‘They wanted football to be big in the United States. It became my mission’

Two world stars meet at the New York Cosmos. In March 1978, the American club announced that in addition to Pelé, Johan Cruijff would also let the Cosmos jersey slip around his shoulders.Image Archives Bettmann On June 11, 1975, the great Pelé reports on a press conference at Manhattan’s notorious 21 Club, a favorite haunt of movie stars, musicians and …

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Formula 1 team Verstappen embraces USA

Formula 1 team Verstappen embraces USA

The Red Bull with which Max Verstappen is aiming for his third world title in 2023 does not differ significantly from the car with which he won the title in 2022 and won a record fifteen grands prix. Still, Verstappen was excited when the RB19 was unveiled at the New York presentation. “I also see him for the first time. …

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Azerbaijan Grand Prix gets groundbreaking ‘sprint shootout’ on Saturday

Azerbaijan Grand Prix gets groundbreaking ‘sprint shootout’ on Saturday

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix takes place on the street circuit of Baku.ImageAFP An additional qualification instead of the second free practice. As expected, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix will have a different setup to what we are used to in Formula 1. On Tuesday there was a unanimous vote for the arrival of a revolutionary sprint shootout vote. This season, six …

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