Dutch Contingent Join Pre-Season Ahead of Second Friendly
Netherlands duo Cody Gakpo and Virgil Van Dijk have joined up with Liverpool in Chicago to begin their pre-season work after taking a brief (and mandated) holiday following the World…
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies aged 38, weeks after being dropped from World Cup
The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has confirmed that referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38. Dieperink had refereed in professional football since 2011, taking charge of…
Japanese posts attack Dutch player after Kubo injury
An injury that knocked midfielder Takefusa Kubo out of Japan’s World Cup opening match against the Netherlands prompted a flood of angry social media posts in Japanese directed at a…
Dutch coach Koeman banks on ‘strong personality’ van Dijk for opener
Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman underlined the importance of captain Virgil van Dijk ahead of the team’s World Cup opener against Japan near Dallas later on Sunday. The 63-year-old said that…
