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Friday
Silver for Nsikak Ekpo at EC for promises
8.19 pm: Nsikak Ekpo finished second in the 100 meters of the European championships for athletes under the age of 23. The 22-year-old Dutchman finished in 10.30 in Bergen, Norwegian. He stayed slightly above his personal record in the final (10.23). The win went to the Frenchman Jeff Erius (10.28).
Earlier this summer, Ekpo ran a Dutch record at the European Landen ECRID on the 4×100 meter relay (37.91) together with Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok and Elvis Afifa.
Relegation from Nations League closer to volleyball players
8.17 pm: Relegation from the Nations League has come closer to the Dutch volleyball players. Direct competitor Serbia won 3-0 in Ljubljana against Ukraine: 25-22 25-19 25-17.
Serbia came to 6 points thanks to the victory and took the eighteenth and last place to the Netherlands, which has 5 points. The number 18 degrades to the Challenger Cup.
The Netherlands still has two duels to prevent relegation, Friday against Canada and Sunday against Italy.
The Netherlands is assigned WK Beach Volleyball
6.38 pm: The World Beach Volleyball World Championship will take place in 2027 from 20 to 29 August in the Netherlands. The tournament is in any case held in The Hague, Rotterdam and Apeldoorn, reports the international volleyball association FIVB and the Dutch Volleyball Association Nevobo. Most likely a fourth play city will be added.
The World Beach Volleyball World Cup was finished for the first time in the Netherlands in 2015. Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst then conquered silver.
“This is fantastic news for the Dutch sports world and the Dutch volleyball in particular. We have worked hard behind the scenes to submit a convincing pray and I am very happy that we have been rewarded for that,” said Michel Everaert, Director Sport of the Nevobo, in a press release.
48 women and 48 men’s teams participate in the World Cup, with at least five participating countries per continent. A total of 216 games are played. This year the World Cup, which is held every two years, is in Adelaide.
Barcelona must postpone return to Camp Nou
6.35 pm: FC Barcelona has to wait a little longer for a return to Camp Nou. The reigning Spanish national champion would play the Joan Gamper Cup on Sunday 10 August in the renovated Stadium, but by that time the required permits have not yet been received.
“In particular, due to the size of the work performed, it has not been possible to meet all the conditions of the regulations for this permit, despite the intention of the club to reopen the stadium sector for sector,” reports FC Barcelona on its club website.
After the renovation, 105,000 people can visit Camp Nou, which is now expected to open again in mid -September. The stadium has also been given a roof.
Nienke Veenhoven wins second stage in Baloise Ladies Tour
6.32 pm: Nienke Veenhoven has won the second stage of the Baloise Ladies Tour. The cyclist of Visma-Lease A Bike was the fastest in a mass sprint of a ride over 127 kilometers with start and arrival in Olsene, Belgium,. The 21-year-old Veenhoven, born in Oostzaan, booked her first professional victory.
The Italian Barbara Guarischi finished second, just before the Polish Karolina Kumięga. Charlotte Kool continues to lead the general classification. The Dutch winner of the first stage sprinted to seventh place in Olsene.
Athlete Laros meets World Cup limit 800 meters at European Championships
2.40 pm: At the European Athletics Championships under 23 in Bergen (Norway), Niels Laros has run under the limit to participate in the World Cup Athletics in Tokyo on the 800 meters. He finished third in a very fast series in 1.44.19, well below the limit for Tokyo (1.44.50) and a significant improvement of his personal record (1.44.78). He qualified for the final on Sunday.
Laros climbed to fifth place in the Dutch ranking of all time. The 20-year-old athlete from Oosterhout was surprised this summer by winning the 5000 meters at the European Championships in Madrid and at the Diamond League in Eugene to surprise the global top with the win on the English miles in the seventh time ever (3.45.94).
Laros is keen on double honorary metal in Bergen, because it is also on the starting list of the 5000 meters. At the European Championships under 18 in 2022 and the European Championship under 20 in 2023, he always won double gold.
The World Cup Athletics in Tokyo is in September.
Steenbeek to final solo at World Cup synchronous swimming
8.39 am: Marloes Steenbeek has qualified for the final of the Solo Technical version at the World Cup Synchrow Swimming. The 20-year-old Dutch received 236,4451 points from the jury in the preliminary round and thus finished tenth of the total of 35 participants. The best twelve swimming players will play again in the final on Saturday.
The Chinese Xu Huiyan recorded the highest score (265,8984 points).
Steenbeek won two bronze medals at the European Championship in Belgrade in Belgrade. At the European Championship in June in Funchal, Portuguese, she finished fourth
Thursday
Five golfers in the lead after first day British open
11.24 pm: After the first day of the British Open, five golfers take the lead. Former US open champion Matt Fitzpatrick from England, the Chinese Li Hahotong, the Deen Jacob Skov Olesen, the South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout and the American Harris English noted at the Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland all under par.
World Champion Scottie Scheffler also had an excellent start with three under par. Home favorite Rory Mcilroy is twentieth with one under par shared. The American defending champion Xander Schauffele came out on par and is in 32nd place.
Eighth defeat for volleyball players in Nations League
11.14 pm: The Dutch volleyball men did not succeed in winning again in the Nations League. In Ljubljana, the team of national coach Joel Banks against Slovenia suffered the eighth consecutive defeat, with clear figures. It became 3-0 (25-18 25-19 25-21).
With only one win from ten duels, the Netherlands is in seventeenth and penultimate place. Only Serbia, which is eighteenth, managed to win once so far. The Netherlands won more sets than Serbia and is therefore on 5 points. Serbia has 3 points. The number 18 relegates from the Nations League. Orange has to play two more duels, against Canada and Italy.
Spring riders in the European Championships in seventh to final country competition
9.17 pm: At the European Championship, the Dutch jumping riders assured themselves of a place in the final of the country competition on Friday. The team of national coach Wout-Jan van der Schans sets up a place on the second day and is currently taking seventh place in La Coruña with 14.19 penalty points.
Kim Emmen and Willem Greve both remained flawless for the Dutch team, which also consists of Maikel van der Vleuten and debutant Michael Greeeve.
Great Britain will be in the lead for the time being, for Germany and Belgium. The decisive round, in which each combination has to complete one round, is Friday at 4.15 pm. After the team final there is the individual final on Sunday. The best 25 combinations of the previous three games qualify for this.
At the previous European Championship in Milan in 2023, the Netherlands finished seventh, then with Jos Lansink as national coach.
The white candidate for athletes committee Global Athletics Association
15.11 hours: Lisanne de Witte is one of the ten candidates for six available positions in the athletes committee of the global athletics association World Athletics. The election takes place during the upcoming World Cup athletics in Tokyo (September). The 32-year-old De Witte is the current chairman of the athletes committee of the Dutch Athletics Union.
De Witte has been one of the Dutch top on the 400 meters for years. She captured many national titles and achieved international successes with the relay team in the 4×400 meters. The North Hollandse was part of the team that won the world title in Budapest and Zilver in 2023 at the Paris Olympic Games.
One of the positions that is vacant in the global athletes committee is that of vice -president. The newly chosen athletes committee has a separate election on this.
Corruption scandal around building contracts Winter Games 2026
13.26 hours: Half a year before the start of the Winter Olympics in Milan, a corruption scandal around building contracts has broken out. The German news agency DPA reports this.
The Public Prosecution Service in Italy is investigating accusations of illegal cooperation in connection with various urban development projects. This is also about the construction of the Olympic village, where many athletes will stay next year. The Winter Games take place from 6 to 22 February 2026.
The guest cities are Milan and the winter sports resort Cortina d’Ampezzo. The Olympic competitions are also held at various other locations in the region. According to the Public Prosecution Service, arrest trips have been requested for six suspects. Various offices and apartments have been searched. The accusations vary from corruption and forgery in writing to abuse of power. According to Ansa news agency, there are a total of 74 suspects in the picture.
Water polosters to the quarterfinal World Cup after a large victory over New Zealand
12.45 pm: The Dutch water polosters have penetrated the quarterfinals at the World Cup in Singapore. The world champion of 2023 won 14-9 from New Zealand in the intermediate round. In the first three periods, the team of national coach Evangelos Doudesis laid the foundation for the broad victory: 3-1 5-2 5-4 1-2.
Orange was sentenced to the interim round by second place in the group behind defending champion United States. In the quarterfinals, Olympic Champion Spain is the opponent on Saturday. Last year, the Netherlands lost in the semi -finals of the Paris Games after penalty throws of Spain.
Doudesis was able to give players with less experience playing minutes against New Zealand, which was also widely lost with the Orange. Lieke Rogge was missing because she is sick.
Arsenal breaks a boundary of a million pounds for Olivia Smith
12.01 am: With the recording of the Canadian Olivia Smith, Arsenal was the first to broke the limit of 1 million pounds in women’s football. The 20-year-old attacker comes over from Liverpool for approximately that amount (around 1.2 million euros), where she has been playing for a year.
With nine Treffers Topscorer, Smith was at the number 7 of England and was elected to play the season. She already played eighteen international matches for Canada.
Champions League winner Arsenal previously took over Chloe Kelly from Manchester City. Renée Slegers is the coach and Orange-international Daphne van Domselaar the first choice under the bar.
In January, Chelsea already broke the limit of 1 million dollars for the American Naomi Girma. That amounts to 900,000 pounds. Among the men, the transfer of the Brit Trevor Francis in 1979 was the first of at least 1 million pounds.