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Matthijs de Ligt signing is proof Erik ten Hag is all-in on his Dutch gamble

The Red Devils manager has spent big money bringing in players with links to the Eredivisie in the hopes of reshaping Manchester United’s recent fortunes

The Independent UK

Vas claims fifth stage of Women’s Tour de France after defending champ Vollering crashes

Hungarian cyclist Blanka Vas raced to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday, taking over defending champion Demi Vollering from the Netherlands, who surrendered the overall lead in a crash that resulted in a dramatic pile-up involving ten riders. The tour comes to a close…

France 24

How The Netherlands Became The Tallest Nation In The World

Average Dutch man has grown from 166 cm in 1810 to 184 cm today, an increase of 18 cm in just two centuries. What are they eating?

Inverse

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Two tourists struck by lightning while visiting Colorado River’s Horseshoe Bend

The female visitors, aged 22 and 23, were from the Netherlands and Australia

The Independent UK

Dutch delight rolls on as Puck Pieterse takes Tour de France Femmes stage

Demi Vollering was pipped by her compatriot in final sprint at Liège to make it make it four in a row for riders from the Netherlands

The Guardian - UK

'Emotion is my power' - Feelings run high as Demi Vollering takes yellow in front of home crowds at Tour de France Femmes

Defending champion surprised to win ITT on final day in Netherlands, 'I really had no idea that I could do this today'

Cycling News

This 16th-century law was England’s first ‘refugee policy’

Between around 1540 and 1590, several thousand people fleeing religious persecution in what is today the Netherlands arrived in England. Political philosopher Hannah Arendt argued in her 1951 book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, that such migrants were the “happier predecessors” of modern refugees, who are faced with the “severest restrictions”.

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I’m from Poland. Why does Europe still make me feel like a second-class citizen?

I’m married to a German, bringing up my family in the Netherlands and speak five languages – yet I still don’t ‘belong’, says writer and journalist Olga Mecking

The Guardian - UK

Hijabis’ Choice To Accept Olympic Gold Medal Is “Slap In Face Of Xenophobic France,” Fans Claim

“And there stands Sifan proudly receiving her gold medal while wearing her hijab.” The post Hijabis’ Choice To Accept Olympic Gold Medal Is “Slap In Face Of Xenophobic France,” Fans Claim first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Tour de France women's race gets underway in the Netherlands

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes starts this Monday from Rotterdam with a 123 km race to the Hague in the first stage. A pile-up upset the peloton a third of the way into the race, but all riders managed to get back up in the saddle.

Radio France Internationale

As it happened: Kool as you like, Dutch sprinter powers to yellow in The Hague

Wiebes' late mechanical gave Kool an unchallenged sprint on the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2024

Cycling News

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning dramatic marathon

The Netherlands runner outsprinted Tigst Assefa to complete an unprecedented treble of Olympic gold medals for a woman in the 5000m, 10000m and marathon

The Independent UK

Great Britain rowers prove that Tokyo Games were a blip with eight-medal haul in Paris

Team GB finished second in Rowing’s medal table securing the same number of medals as the Netherlands who had one more gold.

The Independent UK

The main talking points ahead of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes

Cyclingnews analyses some of the biggest storylines heading into the third edition of the race

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Annan, Charlesworth lead China to hockey silver

The Netherlands have swept the Olympic hockey tournaments in Paris, becoming the first nation to claim men's and women's gold at the same Games.

Cycling Weekly

Great Britain secure silver medal in women's Madison after Italy take gold at Paris Olympics

Elinor Barker wins decisive final sprint to ensure GB take silver ahead of the Netherlands

The Independent UK

Elinor Barker and Neah Evans snatch Great Britain silver in Madison

The pair won the last of the 12 sprints to move about the Netherlands into silver behind gold medallists Italy.

Cycling News

Marianne Vos targets stages at Tour de France Femmes as Riejanne Markus leads Visma-Lease a Bike’s GC ambitions

‘I'm looking forward to a very beautiful race’ Vos says of Netherlands Grand Départ

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The Independent UK

Olympic breaking is underway, with b-girl India winning the first battle in Games history

B-girl India from the Netherlands beat refugee team member b-girl Talash in the first ever breaking battle at the Olympics, kicking off the women’s competition as breaking — or break dancing — debuted at the Paris Games

The Guardian - UK

Sports quiz of the week: heroes, history, medals and meltdowns at the Olympics

Have you been watching the football, athletics, golf, basketball, hockey, wrestling, canoeing, cricket and rugby?

Radio France Internationale

Netherlands find gold in the land that snubbed Olympic hockey

Paris and field hockey have history. Introduced for the 1908 Games in London, the sport was removed from the 1924 Games in the French capital and so piqued were hockey's great and good from several countries that the International Hockey Federation was immediately founded in Paris.

Radio France Internationale

Dutch swimmer wins women's 10km Olympic marathon

Sharon van Rouwendaal from the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10km marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Australia snatched silver while Italy scooped up the bronze.

Cycling News

'It doesn’t get better than Alpe d’Huez' – Catching up with Marion Rousse ahead of the Tour de France Femmes

Race director speaks to Cyclingnews about writing new legends of the race in the mountain passes, levelling up and managing the Olympic juggle

The Times of India

Netherlands to face China in Paris Olympics women's hockey final

NEW DELHI: The Netherlands, the defending champions, secured their spot in the women's Olympic hockey final with a convincing 3-0 victory over Argentina on Wednesday. They will face China, who defeated Belgium 3-2 in a shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in their semi-final match. The final will be a rematch…

Cycling News

'This bronze is like a gold to me' –On fourth attempt Matthew Glaetzer finally gets his Team Sprint medal

Australia turns tables on France in bronze men's Team Sprint contest to make it to medal ceremony with Netherlands and Great Britain

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