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.
The Netherlands has another world champion in billiards artistically
10.10 pm: René Dericks is the new world champion billiards in the art bumps, or billiards artistically. In the Turkish capital Ankara he defeated the Belgian Erik Vervliet 184-175 in the final.
The 55-year-old Dericks is the successor of the Amsterdammer Sander Jonen and the Limburger Jen Bessems, who both managed to write the world title twice in this difficult billiard discipline. Jonen did that in 2006 and 2011 and Bessems in 1985 and 1988. Frans Belderbos also won the gold medal in artistic.
The final was very exciting. Until the last figure, Vervliet took the lead with 175-174. The Belgian did not make the last figure after three attempts. So Dericks had to make the last figure, which is worth ten points, to be able to take the world title home.
The Dericks living in the Achterhoek managed to make the figure and was able to raise his cue as a new world champion. He was very exhausted after the final won and although he said beforehand that he had trained as well as possible, the title was also a pleasant surprise for him.
Dericks, who has a painting company in daily life, has been playing in the national summit of the artificial bumps for many years and is also in the Achterhoek competition leader at billiard events.
Volleyball players also do not cope with the United States
9.14 pm: The Dutch volleyball women also lost the third game of the second week of the Nations League in Belgrade. After the defeats against Poland and France, the Orange was unable to cope with the United States. The American volleyball players won 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-19).
The team of national coach Felix KoSlowski will play the last game in Belgrade against Germany on Sunday. Of the seven games played so far, the Netherlands won two.
KoSlowski started against the US for the first time in the Nations League with Hester Jasper as Libero. Marije ten Brinke started in the middle. Furthermore, Van Aalen stood on the game distribution, Dambrink on the Diagonal, Kok and Daalderop on the Passer/Loper position and Stuut also in the middle.
Orange had little chance in the first set. In the second set, the team came back from a 20-14 deficit, but the set went to the US with 25-22. The American volleyball players were clearly the strongest in the third set.
KoSlowski hopes that the team can pick up against Germany. “We have to find our own game, get our service pressure back and we try to do better than today,” he said Volleyballworld TV.
Belgian Berckmoes wins fourth ride Tour of Belgium
8.30 pm: Jenno Berckmoes has won the fourth stage in the Tour of Belgium. The Belgian of Lotto was the best of four refugees after a hilly ride of 173 kilometers with start and finish in Durbuy. He was the Italian Marco Frigo and the Colombian Orluis Aular on the short but steep wall of Durbuy. For the 24-year-old Berckmoes it is the first victory of 2025 and the third in total.
The Italian Filippo Baroncini, who finished fourth, took the lead from the Brit Ethan Hayter. He has a four seconds ahead. Berckmoes follows seven seconds and the Italian Filippo Ganna in ten seconds. The Tour of Belgium ends on Sunday with a ride with Start and Finish in Brussels.
Lorena Wiebes wins first edition of Copenhagen Sprint
7.05 pm: Lorena Wiebes has won the first edition of the Copenhagen Sprint. After 151 kilometers between Roskilde and Copenhagen, the sprint star of SD Worx Protime was the best in the expected mass sprint of the new competition from the UCI Women’s WorldTour.
Wiebes defeated Elisa Balsamo and Chiara Consonni from Italy. Country fellow Charlotte Kool responded too late to Wiebes’ acceleration and finished fourth for her fellow countryman Nienke Veenhoven.
Wiebes booked her eleventh victory of the season. The European Champion previously won the first edition of Milan-San Remo for cyclists and Gent-Wevelgem.
Arthur Fils misses Wimbledon due to back injury
1.17 pm: Arthur Fils cannot participate in Wimbledon in more than a week. The French number 1, which occupies fifteenth place on the world ranking, has not yet recovered from the back injury that forced him to give up at the third round of Roland Garros at the end of last month against the Russian Andrej Roeblev.
Fils reached the last sixteen on Wimbledon last year. The third grand slam tournament of the year starts on Monday 30 June.
Nottingham rewards coach Nuno after a good season with a new contract
10.05 am: Nottingham Forest will continue with Nuno Espirito Santo. The Portuguese trainer extended his contract with the English football club on Saturday until the summer of 2028.
The Board of Nottingham rewards Nuno for a good season. Forest finished seventh in the Premier League and can therefore participate in a European tournament for the first time since the 1995/1996 season. Nottingham flows into the play-off round of the Conference League.
“I am happy that we can continue our journey at this fantastic football club,” Nuno said on the Nottingham website. “We have worked very hard to create a special band between the players, the fans and everyone at the club, which helped us to achieve great things last season. Now it’s time to work harder than ever. We strive for more special memories together.”
Panama after victory over Guatemala close to quarterfinals Gold Cup
9 am: The Panama football players have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals on the Gold Cup. The team of national coach Thomas Christiansen won in Austin 1-0 against Guatemala thanks to a goal from Tomás Rodríguez.
Panama previously beat Guadeloupe 5-2 and leads in group C with 6 points from two duels. Jamaica won 2-1 against Guadeloupe and has 3 points, just like Guatemala. Guadeloupe is at 0 points.
Suriname, with national coach Stanley Menzo, can no longer reach the quarterfinals after two group matches. Dick Advocaat will play again with Curaçao on Saturday. Curaçao started the tournament with a draw against El Salvador: 0-0.