Al-Ittihad sign Netherlands winger Bergwijn from Ajax
Al-Ittihad have signed winger Steven Bergwijn from Ajax Amsterdam, both clubs said on Monday.
Netherland Sport News
Netherlands' Hassan grinds out thrilling marathon gold in sprint finish
PARIS :The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to win the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding the gold to her bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres earlier in the week.
Netherlands' Hassan uses late kick to win thrilling marathon gold
PARIS : The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to tremendous effect to win gold in the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Water Polo-US medal-less for first time after stunned by Netherlands
PARIS : Sabrina van der Sloot goaled with less than a second on the clock as the Netherlands stunned the United States 11-10 for bronze in the women's water polo on Saturday and denied the Americans a medal for the first time at the Olympics.
Netherlands Secure Olympic Hockey Double With Women's Gold
The Netherlands completed a remarkable double in Olympic hockey on Friday when their women's team, the defending champions, beat China 3-1 in a shootout to take gold just 24 hours after the men's side had triumphed over Germany. The Dutch women, who were appearing in their sixth successive final, were made to work hard for their fifth Olympic gold medal after the Chinese held them to a 1-1 draw in regulation time. Chen Yi put the Chinese ahead after just six minutes and in spite of intense Dutch pressure throughout they appeared to be heading for their first Olympic gold.
Netherlands 'bullet train' powers to team sprint gold
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France :The flying Dutch broke the world record twice in the space of half an hour to easily retain their Olympic title in the men's team sprint at the National Velodrome on Tuesday.
Hockey-Netherlands down Spain 4-0 to reach men's hockey final
PARIS :Top-ranked Netherlands reached the men's hockey final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday with a much more comfortable 4-0 win over Spain than in the pool stage when they had to fight back from two goals down.
Hockey-The Netherlands shutout Spain to advance to final
PARIS : The top-ranked Netherlands advanced to the men's hockey final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after beating Spain 4-0 with a clinical performance after having had to comeback against the same side in the group stage.