Max Verstappen is currently one of the biggest superstars in the Dutch sports world. The Limburg Red Bull Racing driver is defending his Formula 1 world title this season and playing a major role in the sport’s growing popularity in the Netherlands. He single-handedly made the sport one of the biggest sports in the country right now. Partly thanks to …
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Rick van den Hurk ends an impressive career: ‘Now I want to teach my son the love of baseball’ | Other sports
Rick van den Hurk, one of the best Dutch baseball players of all time, has ended his career. The 36-year-old pitcher played for many years in MLB, America’s premier baseball league. The former international played for the Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates. Today, I officially announce my retirement. For the past 20 years, baseball has taken me on …
Read More »Italian Bastianini scores his third MotoGP win of the season at Le Mans | NOW
Enea Bastianini won the MotoGP de France on Sunday at the Le Mans circuit. For the Ducati motorcycle rider, this is his third victory of the season. He was previously the fastest in Qatar and the United States. Australian Jack Miller (Ducati) finished second and Spaniard Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) third. French driver Fabio Quartararo led a fairly invisible race and …
Read More »Horner sees significant growth in Formula 1: ‘But the sport has to keep its promises’
Christian Horner is pleased with how Drive to Survive has boosted the premier class, but stresses that they must continue to deliver an exciting championship for growth to continue. The popularity of Formula 1 has increased enormously since the acquisition of Liberty Media. Also in the United States, where Formula 1 has often received little attention, popularity is growing. This …
Read More »NOC*NSF wants to move towards a healthier country with Sports Agenda 2032
To achieve this, a plan has been drawn up which succeeds the Sports Agenda 2017+. It’s a more ambitious approach, says Anneke van Zanen-Nieberg, president of the NOC*NSF. “In the agenda established five years ago, two objectives were formulated: the ambition to belong to the ten best sporting countries in the world and to encourage 10% more Dutch people to …
Read More »Hakkinen loves celebrities in the paddock: ‘Verstappen and Formula 1 are the winners’
The first-ever Miami Grand Prix continues to stir the minds of the Formula 1 world. One thought the event in Florida was over the top and the interference from various celebrities unnecessary, while the other appreciated the presence of these celebrities and attention to royal class. Mika Hakkinen belongs to the latter group. The all-new race in Miami has garnered …
Read More »World’s largest ‘sphere’ becomes center of Las Vegas GP
Miami is barely over, but Formula 1 in the United States continues to unravel. The sport has signed a deal with Madison Square Garden to host the largest spherecurrently under construction, will be the centerpiece of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. the said MSG sphere is a large spherical surface and falls in the middle of the Las Vegas GP …
Read More »Borsele wants to save a ton on sports and exercise
“It is a pity that the position of sports and exercise coordinator cannot be filled. Especially in times when so much attention is paid to prevention,” says Alderman Marga van de Plasse. Removing the post means, for example, that the municipality can no longer support schools in the field of sport and exercise. Some children learn language and math better …
Read More »Vettel doesn’t believe in home race return: ‘Money plays an important role’
Will Gray and Brian van Hinthum Wednesday, May 11, 2022 4:59 PM Sebastian Vettel has a hard head when it comes to returning from his home race in Germany. The Aston Martin driver thinks European organizers simply don’t have enough money to compete with new circuits in places like the US and the Middle East and he …
Read More »Van der Vorst at CAS for the World Boxing Federation presidential election | sport
Van der Vorst had registered as a candidate for incumbent Russian President Umar Kremlev. Just before the IBA congress in Istanbul, he was told that his candidacy had been declared invalid. Van der Vorst, who has been concerned for some time about the way the world federation is managed, immediately seized the international sports court of the CAS. The president …
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