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Spain left Portugal at the European Football Championship for women without a chance. The reigning world champion in Bern was 5-0 too strong. At halftime it was already 4-0.
Spain led 2-0 after seven minutes, thanks to hits from Esther González and Vicky López. Towards the end of the first half, Alèxia Putellas scored and again González. Substitute Cristina Martín-Spieto headed the 5-0 in the injury time of the second half.
Aitana Bonmatí came to Spain in the 81st minute. The midfielder of FC Barcelona was admitted to the hospital with viral meningitis last week and joined the selection again on Tuesday.
Italy won earlier on Thursday in the same group with 1-0 against Belgium. The first two countries continue to the quarterfinals. On Monday, Spain will play against Belgium.
Darius van Driel shares leading position in BMW Open in Munich
8.42 pm: Golfer Darius van Driel is one of the five leaders after the first round of the BMW International Open, a tournament of the European Tour. He came to Golfbaan Eichenried near Munich to a score of 67 strokes, five under par. On his card, six Birdies were adorned.
The Malaysian Gavin Green, the Englishman Marco Penge, the Frenchman Ugo Coussaud and the Chinese thing Wenyi share the leading position with Van Driel. Joost Luiten is in the shared twelfth place with 69 strokes (-3).
Van Driel grabbed just next to the victory in the Soudal Open in Antwerp earlier this year. Last year he won the Kenya open, so far his only tournament gain on the Tour.
Arianna Caruso shoots Italian football players at the European Championship past Belgium
The Italian football players started the European Championship in Switzerland with a victory. In Sion, Arianna Caruso made the only goal against Belgium against Belgium: 1-0. The midfield star took the ball in the sixteen -meter area and shot hard.
Reigning world champion Spain and Portugal are the other two countries in group B. They will meet later on Thursday in Bern.
Motocross rider Jeffrey Herlings misses GP Finland due to broken collarbone
Motcrosser Jeffrey Herlings broke his right -hand key and therefore misses the next race in the world championship of the MXGP, the Grand Prix of Finland on July 13. The KTM factory team reports this. The 30-year-old Herlings, five-time world champion, broke his collarbone during a training on the sand circuit of Arnhem, where the Grand Prix of the Netherlands will be held in August.
KTM reports that Herlings is not being operated on for the time being and that it will first be checked whether the break can cure better alone. The physical setback comes at a bad time, because Herlings was coming in shape. He recently won the Grands Prix of Germany and Latvia. De Brabander missed the first three Grands Prix of the season and only made his return at the beginning of April, because he took longer to restore a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee.
NK Cycling in 2028 in Valkenburg in honor of a 100th anniversary
13.21 hours: The NK Cycling will take place in 2028 in Valkenburg. The Royal Dutch Cycling Union (KNWU) announced that they were 100 years old and on the occasion of this anniversary to organize the national road races around the Cauberg and Valkenburg.
The NK on the road took place twenty -five times in Valkenburg in the past, for the first time in 1937 and last in 1973. With the 2028 edition, the NK returns to the Cauberg after fifty -five years, the KNWU reports.
Among the earlier winners in Valkenburg are Theo Middelkamp, Gerrit Schulte, Wim van Est and Joop Zoetemelk. Keetie van Oosten-Hage won the NK in Valkenburg three times among the women.
For the editions of 2026 and 2027, organizer Courage Events is still looking for a location.
Ice hockey players NHL participate in playing Milan in 2026
6.50 pm: The ice hockey players who end up in the North American professional competition NHL can participate in the Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympic Games in February next year. The North American Ice Hockey League (NHL) agreed with the international ice hockey federation (IIHF).
“This is a fantastic day for international ice hockey and his fans around the world,” responded IIHF chairman Luc Tardif. “Returning the world’s best players to the Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina is a big step forward for our sport.”
The ice hockey players from the NHL did not receive permission from their professional competition to participate on the past two winter games. The last time the ice hockey players participated was in Sochi in 2014. The agreement reached also applies to the Winter Games of 2030, which take place in the French Alps.
DRUW Jones on the Netherlands list for World Baseball Classic
3.30 pm: DRUW Jones (21) is on the list of baseball players who can play for the Dutch Kingdom Team during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) next year. Andraw Jones, coach of the team and the father of the top talent, told the American Foul Territory TV. “DRUW is on the list, but we will see if we need him,” says Jones.
Jones, who participated in the WBC twice as a baseball player, is the successor of Hensley Meulens. Jones was in the last two editions of the country tournament in which pros from the Major League can participate, assistant of Meulens. The former pro is seen as the best baseball player who has ever played for the Kingdom team.
DRUW Jones has been seen as one of the greatest talents in the American baseball for several years. He was chosen second by the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Draft of 2022. He received a drawing bonus of 6.9 million euros. In recent years he has played as a professional in competitions below the level of the Major League.
The Kingdom Team is classified in Group D at the WBC together with the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Israel and Nicaragua. The group matches will be played in Miami from 6 to 11 March next year.