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Baseball players failed to secure tickets to the Tokyo Games in the last Olympic qualifying tournament. In the OKT semi-final in the Mexican city of Puebla, Hensley Meulens’ kingdom team lost no chance against Venezuela. After seven innings, it was over: 10-0. The Netherlands previously lost 9-3 to Venezuela and also lost 4-3 to the Dominican Republic. Venezuela is now …

Cengiz Koçak is a base jumper known in Turkey as the “batman”. He was a paratrooper in the Turkish army and then trained to be able to base jump. Now that he is the manager of the Mount Babadağ cable car, he can descend 2,000 meters every day. A tiring day at work can fuel the urge to get home …

Carl Nassib has played in the National Football League (NFL) for five years. He is currently a player with the Las Vegas Raiders. “Visibility is important” In the video posted to Instagram, Nassib says he is a “person in the background”. “I’m not doing this for attention,” he says. “But I think visibility is important. I hope that one day …

EDE National coach Arno Havenga has announced the thirteen waterpolosters that will go to the Tokyo Olympics. Including Edese Iris Wolves (in the file photo), and Simone van de Kraats and Joanne Koenders of Polar Bears. Evangelos Doudesis, resident of Ede, and last year also head coach of the Polar Bears, is present as an assistant coach. At the start …

Press office (AFP) The Hague NetherlandsFriday 25 June 20212021-06-2503:306281d9f905b49edfeb97b8e9031414b62sportWijnaldum, Dutch, Euro 2020, football, soccer, racismfree Dutch captain Georginio Wijnaldum on Thursday called on UEFA to protect players from discrimination and said UEFA had the power to stop matches if they were marred by racist incidents. Wijnaldum, who will lead the Netherlands national team in the 16-year-old European Championship game against …

Recently Coppoolse has his own podcast called “Aardkloot Podcast”. In this, it addresses sustainability in the broadest sense. “The topics really range from making plastics from seaweed to sustainable cosmetics and the trade behind it.” Objective of the podcast According to Coppoolse, a better start starts with yourself. “You can make so much of a difference with little tweaks,” believe …

The Kingdom of the Netherlands baseball players opened the Olympic qualifying tournament in Mexico with a hopeless defeat. National coach Hensley Meulens’ side were beaten by Venezuela 9-3 in Puebla. The Orange team will play their second group game against the Dominican Republic on the Dutch night from Thursday to Friday. It is only with a victory in large numbers …

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender athlete ever selected to compete in the Olympics. The 43-year-old will soon play in Tokyo for the New Zealand women’s team. “I am grateful and humbled for the kindness and support given to me by so many New Zealanders,” Hubbard said in a statement. She is considered one of the favorites in …

Indian Manpreet Singh (right) challenges Belgian Florent d’Opel in the Men’s Group B hockey match at Riverbank Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games, August 7, 2012. REUTERS / Suhaib Salem June 23 (Reuters) – Five hockey players to watch at the Tokyo Olympics: MANPREET SINGH (India) Midfielder Singh was the first person from his country to win the IHF …

Transgenderatleet Laurel Hubbard. Image: Dutch Height / AFP Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has been selected for the New Zealand women’s team competing in the Tokyo Olympics. She will compete in weightlifting. Hubbard, 43, competed in men’s competitions before changing genders in 2013, becoming the first transgender to compete in the Games. Her entry is possible because the weightlifting governing body …