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A new generation is coming to Oranje O15. The young Lionesses will face Belgium twice in May. KNVB coach Maria van Kortenhof has made a provisional selection of 29 players for these exhibition games in Hoogstraten and Bavel, reports women’s football news.nl. The particularity is that two ladies from Hengevelde represent our country, Tess Doeschot and Maud Koster. Ladies of …

Additional qualifying in motorsport’s premier class will replace the second free practice. On Friday, as usual, the first free practice followed by the “normal” qualifying determines the starting order for Sunday’s race (the Grand Prix). Just like last year, points can be earned in the sprint race for the World Championship classification. The unanimous teams The teams were unanimous in …

Meet Kumimanu fordycei: the largest penguin – to our knowledge – that has ever lived. Emperor penguins are not little guys. Measuring over a meter in length and weighing between 22 and 45 kilograms, they are the largest and heaviest of all living penguins. Yet they must have been very disappointed Kumimanu fordycei, a newly discovered penguin species unearthed in …

American gymnastics legend Simone Biles can now officially call herself the other half of NFL player Jonathan Owens. The two got married yesterday. “Officially Owens,” Biles posted on social media along with a series of photos from the ceremony. Biles, 26, announced her engagement last February with the 27-year-old Houston Texans player. Simone Biles is considered one of the greatest …

(Photo: Robbert Beurse) Leidenamateurvoetbal.nl does a bi-weekly podcast about women in football in and around Leiden. In ‘Trudy’s Vrouwenhoek’, Trudy Kwik talks to football players, coaches, board members, ‘the woman behind’ and so on. Key City publishes the podcasts as Leiden’s amateur football media partner. Priscilla de Vos (36) now plays first division futsal at ZVV Den Haag and has …

Editorial Monday, April 24, 2023 10:17 a.m. – Last update: 11:29 a.m. Max Verstappen has already won two Formula 1 victories this season and we now know that the name Verstappen is inextricably linked to victory. Also this weekend, a race was won by a Verstappen, although this story is slightly different from what you might think. We only have …

Thanks to their remarkable performance at the T20 World Cup in Australia, Dutch cricketers have qualified for the first time directly for the next World Cup, to be held in 2024 in the West Indies and the United States. Until now, the Netherlands have always been dependent on qualifying tournaments and preliminary rounds. Orange closed the T20 World Cup with …

“I’m really, really tired,” confessed Pelova (23) with a pale face. The Arsenal player should have gone far against the losing European Championship finalist. National coach Andries Jonker saw her as a ‘wingback’ on the right, a player who covers the entire flank. “The races are very different,” Pelova noted. “I can feel it in my legs now.” At the …

American gymnastics legend Simone Biles can now officially call herself the other half of NFL player Jonathan Owens. The two got married yesterday. “Officially Owens,” Biles posted on social media along with a series of photos from the ceremony. Biles, 26, announced her engagement last February with the 27-year-old Houston Texans player. Simone Biles is considered one of the greatest …

The soccer associations of Mexico and the United States have jointly applied to host the Women’s World Cup in 2027. This means that the two countries will compete with the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, which also wish to organize the world national football competition. players together. The American and Mexican football associations presented their project a month before the deadline …