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Saudi Bond suspends Al-Hilal for next season’s supercup
9.53 pm: The Saudi Football Association excludes Al-Hilal to participate in the Supercup in the 2026/2027 season. The club is thus punished for not wanting to participate in the upcoming edition, from 19 to 23 August in Hong Kong.
Al-Hilal reached the quarterfinals of the world championship for club teams at the beginning of July by eliminating Manchester City. Fluminense was then 2-1 too strong for Al-Hilal, which withdrew to the Saudi Supercup due to fatigue among the players.
“Al-Hilal refused to participate in the Supercup for the 2025/2026 season, after the official match schedule was announced,” said the disciplinary and ethical committee of the Saudi Football Association in a statement. “As a result, the Commission ruled that Al-Hilal has violated Article 59-3 of the disciplinary and ethical rules and the club imposes a fine next to the suspension.”
Al-Hilal can against the decision on appeal.
‘Full fine’ Telstar for riots in play-offs against FC Den Bosch
9.20 pm: Telstar received a “hefty fine” from the disciplinary committee of the KNVB following the disturbances after the semi-final in the Play-Offs at the end of May against FC Den Bosch. After the game, which Telstar won in the extension, Vechtsen broke out among supporters of both clubs.
“This fight has completely overshadowed the evening for many benevolent supporters. Telstar strictly rejects this behavior and calls it completely unacceptable. In response to the incidents, several stadium bans have now been imposed on the individuals involved. In addition, criminal investigations conducted by the police and the Public Prosecution Service,” said the Public Prosecution Service.
Telstar also received a fine for the last league match against FC Emmen, in which fans celebrated participation in the play-offs on the field.
British cyclist Tanfield attacks world hour record
6.51 pm: The British cyclist Charlie Tanfield makes an attempt to improve the world hour record on 14 August on the cycling track of the Turkish Konya. The International Cycling Union UCI reports this. The record is in the hands of the Italian Filippo Ganna. In October 2022, he had 56.792 kilometers in the Swiss Grenchen in the Swiss Grenchen.
Tanfield is mainly active as a track cyclist. At the Paris Olympic Games, he took silver with the British team. At the Apeldoorn World Cup in 2018, the British with Tanfield were the best on the team pursuit.
“When I just came to the British selection, Sir Bradley Wiggins had the record and I thought: wow, I would ever want to try this,” says Tanfield in a message from the UCI. “I saw this year after the Games as the moment when I would have the freedom to try it and that is exactly what I’m going to do.”
Baanprinter Matthew Richardson travels to Turkey for an attempt to improve the record over 200 meters with so -called flying start. That is a part that is driven as a qualification for the sprinters. Richardson (26) drove a time of 9.091 seconds during the Paris Olympic Games. That world record did not last long, because not much later Harrie Lavreysen dived three hundredths under that time.
Vetter is declined for World Cup in Tokyo
6.29 pm: Anouk Vetter will not participate in the Athletics World Championships in Tokyo next month. This is reported by the 32-year-old Arnhemse, who still won gold at the NK on Saturday, on Instagram.
“This year I was unable to do the preparation that is needed to perform well at the World Cup,” writes Vetter. “For that reason I will not start in Tokyo. World Championships are my favorite tournaments and I think it’s a shame to miss them. Tokyo is fantastic and I have great memories of this stadium. I wish the other athletes every success.”
A year ago, Vetter had to break the Olympic heptathlon in Paris prematurely due to a hamstring injury. Three years earlier she stunted in Tokyo with Olympic silver. She also won European gold in 2016, World Cup silver in 2022 and World Cup bronze in 2017 and 2023.
Referee Dieperink leads opening duel in Eredivisie
5.57 pm: Referee Rob Dieperink is in charge of the first match of the new season in the Eredivisie between Fortuna Sittard and Go Ahead Eagles on Friday. The KNVB reports this.
Bas Nijhuis was appointed arbitrator at the first PSV match, Saturday in Eindhoven against Sparta Rotterdam. That same evening Allard Lindhout whistles the game between Feyenoord and NAC Breda. Ajax against Telstar will be led by referee Jannick van der Laan on Sunday.
Following the Vitesse proceedings against KNVB via live stream
2:25 pm: The summary proceedings that Vitesse has filed against the KNVB in the hope of getting the professional license back will be broadcast on Thursday via a live stream on Rechtspraak.nl. The court in Utrecht announced this. There is a limited place in Utrecht for the public at the summary proceedings, which starts at 1.30 p.m.
The preliminary relief judge in Utrecht will check on Thursday whether the KNVB has reasonably reached the decision to withdraw the license of the Arnhem football club. The judge also checks whether the regulations of the KNVB have been properly applied when taking the decision. It is not yet clear when the court will make a decision.
Entrepreneurs and fans Vitesse want to participate in the proceedings against KNVB
Civil society organizations, entrepreneurs and supporters of Vitesse want to join the KNVB in the summary proceedings of the Arnhem club. They have made a request for this to the court in Utrecht, Vitesse reports in a press release. The case serves Thursday at 1.30 p.m. They will hear later whether the parties can join.
“They want to show that the withdrawal of the license has major consequences for the entire Arnhem region,” said Vitesse, which was unsuccessful last week by the KNVB appeals committee after the club had challenged a decision from the License Committee.
“Vitesse is more than football. It is the beating yellow-black heart of Arnhem, a piece of identity of the city and the region. A piece of us. We, together with employees, volunteers, the strongholds, businessclubleds and other Vitessenaren, are Vitesse. Every match brings generations, neighborhoods and backgrounds together. If that disappears, so that is not a part of himself, losing a part of hers, the Wushhem of hers, loses of hers of himself of the Heart of himself of himself,” Wushhem of himself, loses himself of the Heart of himself of the Heart of himself, “Wushhem,” loses itself, “Wushhem, of himself, loses himself of the HEARTHEHHET,” Wushhem, “loses himself from himself of himself of himself of the HEARTHEHHEHHEHHEHE of himself of himself of the HEARTHEHHEHHEHE of the HEARTHEHHEHHEHE. Supporters Association.
The strong holders consist of a group of regional entrepreneurs who want to take over Vitesse.
According to Cindy Snelders, lawyer of the parties who want to join, the KNVB has ‘pressed the nuclear button’ with the withdrawal of the license and therefore opted for the most radical measure. “The question is whether carefully, reasonable and proportional was acted and whether there were really no less radical alternatives. The maintenance of the appeal committee would have irreparable consequences.”
Djokovic focuses on US Open and skips tournament Cincinnati
8.23 pm: From Thursday, Novak Djokovic will not participate in the Master’s tournament of Cincinnati. The organizers report this on Monday.
Djokovic focuses on the US Open. The fourth and last grand slam tournament of the year starts in just under three weeks, on Sunday 24 August. The 38-year-old Djokovic did not play anymore since his defeat last month in the semi-final of Wimbledon against Jannik Sinner.
Djokovic did not finish any tournament in the period between Roland Garros and Wimbledon either. In Paris, Sinner was also in charge in the semi -final.
Djokovic won the Cincinnati tournament three times: in 2018, 2020 and 2023. In addition, he is a record holder with 24 Grandslamzeges.
Footballers Sheffield Wednesday threaten with strike to pay wages
19.25 hours: The football players of Sheffield Wednesday threaten shortly before the start of the competition in the Championship with a strike due to overdue and delayed salary payments. In an open letter they demand “that this situation will be resolved as quickly as possible, so that decisions such as not playing at Burnley will be avoided in the future.” A few days ago the players refused to play in the friendly match against Burnley.
Earlier, the German trainer Danny Röhl Sheffield Wednesday had already left in the middle of the preparation. Whether the first match of the season against the Leicester City City degraded from the Premier League can continue on Sunday is questionable.
“The decision not to participate against Burnley has not been taken lightly or thoughtless,” says the players’ letter. “We are aware of the concern for the supporters, but we trust that they understand the difficult situation in which we find ourselves.”
Dortmund without sick striker Haller at training camp
11.09 am: Borussia Dortmund went to Selfelden without Sébastien Haller. The striker is sick and may travel to Austria later this week.
Haller played for FC Utrecht in the second half of the previous season. Trainer Ron Jans does not expect his club to rent the striker for the coming year. “We assume that he will no longer return to us, but you never know,” he said recently.
FC Utrecht will play a match on Thursday with the Swiss Servette in the third preliminary round of the Europa League.