Dutch baseball star stabbed to death
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 02:29.
The Hague, Nov 22 - Dutch baseball player Gregory Halman, who plays for a US Major League Baseball team, has been stabbed to death, police said. Read more »
Vonk on verge of signing for Ajax Amsterdam
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:07.Amsterdam - For the second week in a row, the main index of the Amsterdam stock exchange AEX dropped dramatically on Monday morning. By 10:42 am (0842 GMT) the index had lost
5.83 per cent and stood at 323.97 points, with some analysts speaking of a "blood bath."
There was no stock posting any gains in the morning, with Financial firms losing out most.
Leading the list of companies who saw their stock value drop was insurer Aegon (down 20.37 per cent), followed by bank and insurance company ING Group (down 10.92 per cent). Read more »
Dutch women's team skirts round shorts problem
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 13:40.
Amsterdam - A Dutch women's football team which played a match in a semi-skirt has received backing for their attire from the national football association.
KNVB spokesman Rob de Leede told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Tuesday it would approach the International Football Association Board (IFAB) for approval for the skirt. Read more »
Dutch crown prince: Stop carrying Olympic torch around the world
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 09:15.Amsterdam - The Olympic torch should not be carried around the world anymore, Dutch crown prince and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Willem-Alexander said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Instead, the former tradition of lighting the torch in ancient Olympia and holding the relay only in the Olympic host country should be restored, the future Dutch king told De Volkskrant daily. Read more »
Dutch football fans clash with police in Delft
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:30.
Amsterdam - Dutch football fans in the city of Delft, near The Hague, clashed with police early Sunday.
Several hundreds of fans had gathered at the central market in the old city after the Netherlands lost 1-3 to Russia in the Euro football quarter finals Saturday evening. Read more »
A star is born as Andrei Arshavin shreds Dutch
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 03:41.Basle, Switzerland - 
Andrei Arshavin was unable to collect his man-of-the-match award after being selected for the post-match doping control, but that was about the only thing that stopped him in Basle on Saturday night. Read more »
Van Basten's challenge to transform Dutch into a team
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 05:17.
Amsterdam Will national coach Marco van Basten succeed to transform the heterogenous group of Oranje football players into a close-knit team? This is the major question Dutch football fans are asking themselves at the moment.
The Dutch team consists primarily of players who are not used to play together as they are scattered throughout Europe. Read more »
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