Always stay up to date with all the sports news. For football, tennis, skating, motor sport, cycling and dart news, we have set up special pages on our website, on which the most important things in these sports.
Saturday
Sinner starts convincingly at tournament in Cincinnati
9.46 pm: Jannik Sinner started convincingly at the Tennis Tournament of Cincinnati. The number 1 in the world only lost two games in his match in the second round against Daniel Elahi Galan from Colombia: 6-1 6-1. The one -sided match ended after an hour.
Sinner was free for the first round. The Italian skipped the Toronto tournament last week. He is preparing for the US Open in Cincinnati, the last grand slam tournament of the year that starts on 24 August.
This year, the US Open is paying $ 90 million in prize money, converted more than 77 million euros. That is 20 percent more than last year and the highest amount ever linked to a tennis tournament. For the winners in singles in New York, 5 million dollars are ready for both men and women, around 4.3 million euros. That was around 3 million euros last year.
Basketball players win match with Bulgaria in World Cup qualification
7.15 pm The Dutch basketball players have also brought their second game to a successful conclusion in the World Cup qualification. Orange won the match with Bulgaria (70-81).
The new national coach Johan Roijakkers played with Malevy Leons and Jesse Edwards, among others, who both made their debut in the American professional competition NBA in the past year.
The Netherlands started last week with a home victory on Austria (65-64) at the qualifying tournament for the World Cup from in two years in Qatar. Oranje will play an away game against Austria next Wednesday.
To reach the next round of the qualifying tournament, the Netherlands must leave Austria or Bulgaria behind.
Beach volleyball players Konink and Schoon lose final in Baden
6.56 pm: Beach volleyball players Mila Konink and Raïsa Schoon did not succeed in winning the Challenge tournament in the Austrian Baden. The Dutch duo went down in the final against the German players Linda Bock and Louisa Lippmann. It became 22-20 21-9.
Last week Konink and Schoon finished fifth at the European Championship. That was their best performance until this weekend, because they got no further than the eighth finals at four Pro Tour tournaments.
Golfer Daan Huizing rises in Scotland to shared second place
6:40 pm: Golfer Daan Huizing rose to second place at the Nexo Championship in Scotland. The 34-year-old Dutchman needed seventy strokes for his third round in Aberdenshire and thus ended up with a total of 211. That is five strokes under the job average.
The Schot Grant Forrest retained the lead with a round of 71 and is now at 208. In addition to Huizing, the Englishman Todd Clements and the Noor Kristoffer Reitan Reitan have three strokes behind Forrest.
Will Besseling is shared 49th with 223 strokes, Joost Luiten shared 57th with 224 strokes and Darius van Driel 69th and last with 229 strokes.
Isaac del Toro wins Tour of Burgos, final ride for Ciccone
5.30 pm: Isaac del Toro has won the Tour of Burgos. The Mexican ran a flat tire in the fifth and last stage when he was busy with the final climb of the Lagunas de Neila. Yet the final victory of the Uae Emirates rider was not in danger.
The victory in the queen stage went to the Italian Giulio Ciccone, who was already the best in the Clásica San Sebastián last week. Del Toro crossed the finish line ten seconds later. Lorenzo Fortunato, countryman of Ciccone, finished third at 27 seconds.
Victor Langellotti takes a Tour of Poland after stage victory leadership
5 pm: Victor Langellotti has won the sixth stage of the Tour of Poland. The Monegask from Ineos Grenadiers was the fastest in a sprint uphill after a ride over 147.5 kilometers with start and finish in Bukowina Tatrzanska.
Langellotti caught up with the American Brandon McNulty just before the line. The Spaniard Pello Bilbao finished third. Langellotti took over the yellow leader’s jersey from the Frenchman Paul Lapeira.
The riders had to cross the Sciana Harness and the Sciana Bukowina three times in the local round, after which the last kilometers also rose. Despite the climbs, Sprinters Olav Kooij and Matthew Brennan from Visma – Lease A Bike were part of the early escape. The last refugees were taken back with less than 50 kilometers.
The Ronde van Polen ends on Sunday with an individual time trial over 12.5 kilometers with start and finish in Wieliczka.
Boxer Maud van der Toorn still to World Cup in other weight class
1:34 pm: Boksster Maud van der Toorn is still allowed to go to the World Cup in Liverpool. The Dutch boxing association has selected it for the class up to 60 kilograms.
Van der Toorn, world champion in the youth in 2022, lost a summary proceedings last month in which she hoped to enforce selection for the class up to 57 kilograms. The Bond previously pointed to Gabriella Weerheim for this weight class.
Van der Toorn then believed that she had been put on a sidelines because she wants to work with her personal coach and does not want to participate in the top sports program of the Bond. She also stated that she meets the sporting criteria for participating in the World Cup. According to the boxing association, she did not meet all the requirements and Weheim did.
Weerheim also goes to the World Cup, which will be held from 4 to 14 September, in the class up to 57 kilograms. Kian Terwint (-55 kg), Mahmoud Al Chabtun (-60 kg) and Finn Bos (-70 kg) are also selected.
Gold for archer Schloesser on World Games
11.33 am: Archer Mike Schloesser has conquered gold in the compound part at the World Games in Chengdu, Chinese. In the final, the 31-year-old Limburger defeated the American Curtis Broadnax after five perfect series of 30 points with 150-148. The title on the World Games, a tournament for non-Olympic sports, was the only one who was still missing on the Schloesser honorary list.
Schloesser, the number 1 in the world for years, participated twice as before in the world games. Both times ‘Mister perfect’, as his nickname is, surprisingly in the quarterfinals.
Tennis star Lamens is stranded in the first round Cincinnati
7.48 am: Suzan Lamens did not succeed in reaching the second round of the Cincinnati WTA tournament. The number 1 in the Netherlands lost 1-6 3-6 to the Russian Veronika Koedermetova, the global number 36.
The 26-year-old Lamens reached the third round of the Montreal tournament last week. The player from Berkel and Rodenrijs is the number 58 in the world ranking.
Koedermetova plays against Belinda Bencic in the second round. The Swiss had a Bye in the first round.
Friday
Golfer Huizing climbs to fourth place in Scotland
22.44 hours: After two laps, golfer Daan Huizing occupies the fourth place of the Nexo Championship in Scotland. The 34-year-old Dutchman went around in Aberdenshire on Friday in 69 strokes (3 under the job average). With a total of -3, he is four strokes behind the Scottish leader Grant Forrest.
Darius van Driel, the number 5 after the first day, dropped to the shared 25th place after a round of 76 strokes. Joost Luiten and Wil Besseling also made the cut. They are in the 38th and 60th place respectively.
Flick suspended for the first game Barcelona in Champions League
19.33 hours: Trainer Hansi Flick from FC Barcelona will miss the first game of the club from Catalonia in the Champions League next season. The coach was suspended for his behavior during the lost match against Internazionale in the semi -final of the European tournament in May. UEFA announced this on Friday.
In addition to Flick, his assistant Marcus Sorg was also suspended for a duel. The two Germans also received a fine of 20,000 euros. After an extension, Barcelona lost the second match against Inter with 4-3. During the match, Flick and Sorg showed their displeasure about some decisions by the referee. The first game had ended in 3-3.
Wout van Aert skips World Cup and European Championship
12.00 pm: Wout van Aert skips the World Cup in Rwanda and European Championship in Ardèche. “It has been a busy season,” says the Belgian of the Dutch team Visma – Lease A Bike at Sporza.
“That is why we have chosen to end my season after the Super 8 Classic and to fit for the World Cup and the European Championship. But in the fall there will certainly be a few nice goals. That worked out with this calendar, I think.”
After his vacation, Van Aert runs the Tour of Germany, the Brittany Classic and two games in Quebec and Montreal. He already looks back on the season with a stage victory in the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, but without successes in the spring. “It has been a great year. Like every year, the spring and the Tour de France were my main goals. In addition, I am happy that I was finally able to taste the Giro d’Italia.”