Budapest: Jeremain Lens scored twice to lead Netherlands to a 4-1 win over Hungary in a qualifier for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday. Lens scored his first in the third minute, heading in a pass from the right side by Luciano Narsingh, only for Hungary to equalize four minutes later through a penalty by Balazs Dzsudzsak after Jordy Clasie fouled Zoltan Gera. The Dutch regained the lead for good...
09:11 AM, Sep 12, 2012
London: Italy were held to a disappointing 2-2 draw by Bulgaria as the rest of Europe's leading sides made winning starts in their first matches in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Friday. Showing little of the form that took the team to the European Championship final, the Italians were denied victory in their Group B opener when Georgi Milanov equalized for Bulgaria " ranked 89th in the world...
08:39 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Zurich: Brazil stayed outside the top ten of FIFA's highly questioned ranking system on Wednesday, with England, Denmark and Greece all ahead of the five-times world champions. The South Americans, who hit an all-time low of 13th last month, climbed one place to 12th thanks to a 3-0 friendly win in Sweden. But their placing, one below Greece, is still surprisingly low as they have won 10 of their 13...
04:07 PM, Sep 05, 2012
London: Britain ended Germany's domination of equestrian team dressage by winning the Olympic gold medal at Greenwich Park on Tuesday, adding to its first team show jumping gold in 60 years that it won a day earlier. Germany took the silver and the Netherlands the bronze. In dressage, the horse performs a carefully choreographed routine of movements that showcases the animal's training: prancing trots, extended strides, twirling pirouettes and a...
09:31 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Former captain Jagbir Singh backs India ahead of their hockey opener against the Netherlands at London 2012 on Monday. ...
10:34 AM, Jul 30, 2012
With the end of the group stage, Euro 2012 is more than two-thirds complete, with 24 matches played and just seven left, culminating with the July 1 final in Kiev. And, like a regular service on a car, this European Championship has provided a neat opportunity to lift up football's lid, inspect its innards and assess its health. So, in 12 days between co-host Poland's opening 1-1 draw on June...
11:05 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Kharkiv:The Netherlands midfielder opened the scoring against Portugal but admitted that his side were not good enough to progress after surrendering their lead to fall to a third defeat. The Oranje were seen as one of the pre-tournament favourites but failed spectacularly to live up to that billing and now return home on the back of three successive defeats. Van der Vaart looked to have set his side up for...
01:08 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Netherlands, touted as one of the pre-tournament favourites, have crashed out of the Euro 2012 with Denmark in a thrilling climax to the 'Group of Death'. Apart from a fine early strike from Rafael van der Vaart, Holland were poor, ensuring that they finished bottom of Group B without a point to their name. It was the first time in more than a decade that the Dutch failed to reach...
11:12 AM, Jun 18, 2012
Amsterdam: Coach Bert van Marwijk included uncapped 18-year-old Adam Maher on Tuesday in his provisional 27-man Netherlands squad for the European Championship. The talented AZ Alkmaar midfielder made the cut as Van Marwijk trimmed down a 36-player roster ahead of a pre-tournament training camp in Switzerland. The squad has to be reduced again to 23 players by May 29. Van Marwijk sent home Urby Emmanuelson of AC Milan and Vitesse...
10:05 PM, May 16, 2012
Norwich: Wayne Rooney was ruled out of England's international friendly against the Netherlands by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson on Sunday, robbing the national team of another striker. Rooney has a throat infection which forced him out of United's past two matches, against Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday and Norwich in the Premier League on Sunday. "Wayne has still not recovered from his throat infection, so hopefully we'll...
01:43 PM, Feb 27, 2012
London: The England, Netherlands friendly football match which was scheduled for Wednesday has been called off because of the London riots. The international fixture that was due to be played at Wembley has been cancelled and although further details are scarce it is believed to be because of police advice. Earlier, a statement from the club's official website reads: "The club were contacted this evening and told that all major...
02:48 PM, Aug 09, 2011
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