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Boxers Fontijn and Lacruz will return to London in April

sport">4.35 pm: The European Olympic boxing qualifying tournament will continue in London in April 2021, if the circumstances surrounding the corona virus allow it. On behalf of the Netherlands, Nouchka Fontijn and Enrico Lacruz are still in the race for an Olympic ticket for Tokyo 2021. The event was cut short in the English capital in mid-March due to the outbreak of the lung virus.

sport">Fontijn had not yet taken action in the class up to 75 kilograms in London. She would compete against the Greek Kyriaki Aslanidi in March. However, the Greek federation may select another boxer, as the tournament in this division had not yet started. An Olympic starting ticket is available for the first four in London.

sport">Lacruz (-63 kilograms) defeated Israeli Ahmad Shtiwi 5-0 in the first round in March. He has to compete in the eighth finals against Albanian Rexhildo Zeneli in April next year. The winner of that party earns an Olympic ticket.

sport">Fontijn and Lacruz were already active at the Rio 2016 Summer Games. Fontijn won silver in Brazil. Lacruz was eliminated in the eighth finals.

Football: Luuk de Jong unsure for clash with Chelsea in Champions League

sport">4:34 PM: Luuk de Jong may not play in the Champions League on Wednesday. The striker of Sevilla did not train on Tuesday in the run-up to the game with Chelsea.

sport">“A number of players were unable to train and I hope we can get them back soon and not lose anyone extra,” said coach Julen Lopetegui.

sport">De Jong did participate in the league match against Huesca last weekend, which was won 1-0. De Jong (30) was replaced more than 15 minutes before the end.

sport">Sevilla and Chelsea are already certain of a place in the next round. Both clubs have 10 points after four matches.

Football: Corona outbreak hinders Newcastle United football club

sport">2:26 pmNewcastle United footballers are not welcome at their training complex for the time being after an outbreak of corona infections, reports Sky Sports Tuesday. Five people from the English football club are infected with the corona virus. Three cases were found last week, and two more were found after the weekend. It would be a total of four players and a staff member.

sport">The Premier League previously reported that there have been ten positive test results in the period from 23 to 29 November, without naming names. Newcastle missed Saturday in the 2-0 game against Crystal Palace players such as Allan Saint-Maximin, Andy Carroll, Jamaal Lascelles, Ryan Fraser and Isaac Hayden, but the club gave no reason for their absence.

sport">Newcastle will play against Aston Villa on Friday. According to the Premier League’s Covid-19 protocol, that game will continue when the club has fourteen players available.

Football: Borussia Dortmund without Meunier against Lazio

sport">12.19 pm: Borussia Dortmund misses Wednesday in the Champions League game with Italian Lazio defender Thomas Meunier. The Belgium international sustained a calf injury in the league match against FC Köln on Saturday and was not recovered in time. Also uncertain is the playing of Emre Can and Raphaël Guerreiro.

sport">“Emre has had a hit on his ankle,” said Dortmund coach Lucien Favre. “It’s hard to say if he can play.” Guerreiro has almost recovered from a muscle injury but has only trained for the time being.

sport">Dortmund takes the lead in group F after four matches and is certain of reaching the last sixteen in the event of a draw. Lazio follows 1 point. The Romans were at home 3-1 too strong for Dortmund.

Football: VAR operates remotely in the Champions League for the first time

sport">12.19 pm: The VAR, or the Video Assistant Referee, will be located on Wednesday for the first time in the history of the Champions League at a different location than the playing city itself. The VAR at the Seville – Chelsea match views the images from Nyon, where UEFA’s headquarters are located.

sport">“UEFA has successfully tested a technical solution for a remote VAR. The technique is used for the first time in the group match between Seville and Chelsea. The arbitrator on the field will be assisted from the VAR room in Switzerland, ”said UEFA.

sport">UEFA reports that a back-up team is present in Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, just in case.

sport">Little is at stake in the game between Sevilla and Chelsea. With 10 points from four matches, both clubs are already certain of the next round and compete for group victory in group E during the last two matches.

General: No rival candidates for Bach in the election of IOC chairman

sport">12.00: Current president Thomas Bach is the only candidate in the presidential election of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The members were told this on Tuesday from Ban Ki-moon, the chairman of the ethics committee of the IOC. The election will take place at the 137th Congress in Athens next March.

sport">The new term starts after the Tokyo Olympics. They will be held from July 23 to August 8. The length of the first term of an IOC chair is eight years. After that, he can be reelected for another four years. The German Bach succeeded the Belgian Jacques Rogge in 2013. The former fencer has been an IOC member since 1991 and, among other things, founder of the athletes committee within the Olympic organization.

General: FOX Sports from January onwards as ESPN

sport">08.07 am: FOX Sports will continue as ESPN from January 1. The name change is a result of the acquisition of the majority stake in Eredivisie Media & Marketing (EMM) by The Walt Disney Company in 2019.

sport">The design of the TV channels, online channels and apps will look different from the new year. Little will change in terms of content for the time being. All competitions and programs that can now be seen at FOX Sports, will soon also be at ESPN. Today’s presenters, analysts, reporters and commenters are all joining ESPN. FOX Sports now has the broadcasting rights of the Eredivisie, Kitchen Champion Division, Europa League, KNVB Cup, Eredivisie for women, the Second Division and the American league. Many other American sports can also be seen at FOX.

sport">“ESPN has been known worldwide for more than 40 years for the high quality standard of live sports reporting, on all available platforms,” says Marco de Ruiter, who together with Frank Rutten is the management of EMM. Above all, ESPN is renowned for its ‘storytelling’, both in live recordings and in original programming. The result is an impressive collection of award-winning sports films and documentaries. ” ESPN made the films / documentaries’ The Last Dance ‘(Michael Jordan & The Chicago Bulls),’ Lance ‘(Lance Armstrong)’ Be Water (Bruce Lee) and ‘The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius’.

sport">Eredivisie Media & Marketing started in 2008 with Eredivisie Live. The transformation to FOX Sports followed in 2013. Director Rutten now speaks of a new milestone. “We are proud of the development we have gone through. The fact that we now join the worldwide ESPN family with our Dutch channels, spread over more than sixty countries and seven continents, offers plenty of new opportunities for further growth. With access to the richly filled ESPN film archive and the international news network of ESPN, we can serve sports fans in the Netherlands even better, both on TV and online. ”

sport">In terms of football, ESPN has a great start. Due to the corona virus, the KNVB and the clubs from the premier league decided to schedule the top duels in the new year, in the hope that the public would be welcome again. Six mutual duels between Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV and AZ are scheduled for January in the Eredivisie. “We could not have wished for a better start with ESPN,” says Rutten.

sport">The change of name does not entail any changes in the availability and distribution of the channels. ESPN will be available from January 1 on all TV providers that currently offer FOX Sports. The main channel of ESPN can be seen by most TV viewers without an additional subscription at Ziggo and KPN, among others.

Handball: Handball player Van der Heijden eager for the European Championship after a lightning transfer

sport">7.41 am: International Laura van der Heijden had a restless run-up to the European Handball Championship, which starts this week in Denmark. Not only because of the corona virus, which made it uncertain for a long time whether the tournament would continue, but also due to an unexpected lightning transfer from the Hungarian club Siofok to the German Borussia Dortmund.

sport">The 30-year-old construction player signed with Siofok for two more seasons in March, under the assumption that the club would play the Champions League. Due to the corona crisis, the competition could not be completed and the club grabbed the coveted ticket for the most important European club tournament. At the end of October Van der Heijden requested to terminate her contract, the club agreed. “There was a lot of hassle within the club, but I agreed not to go into that further. There were also personal reasons, I was no longer happy. ”

sport">The search for another club only lasted a short time. “My manager started looking for a club where they could use a left-handed player and Borussia Dortmund came forward quickly. The club really wanted me and I was very happy with it, because the club is playing in the Champions League. All in all, it took less than two weeks, ”said Van der Heijden, who ended up in a Dutch enclave near Dortmund. She is the ninth Dutch player at the club.

sport">Dortmund has won one of the crown jewels of the successful Orange with Van der Heijden. The born Amersfoortse starts this week in her eleventh major championship as a handball player. She is the silent force of Orange, a fixed value in the right-wing building for more than a decade, scoring her goals almost unnoticed, now 659. Van der Heijden has five World Cups, four European Championships and one Olympic Games (2016) to her credit. The trophy cabinet contains five championship medals: one gold (World Cup 2019), two silver (World Cup 2015 and European Championship 2016) and two bronze (World Cup 2017 and European Championship 2018).

sport">The routine of the Dutch women’s team is usually quite unperturbed, but the corona problems surrounding the European Championship even confused the 213-time international. “I had no idea if it would continue; the redeeming word came very late. I also find it difficult to express expectations, because I don’t think any team knows how they are doing. It will be very different, but I am looking forward to it. I love to play handball. I also have confidence in our team. We have been together as a team for years, know each other well and every tournament I enjoy that special team feeling. Everyone wants to work for each other. ”

sport">The Dutch team will play its first match at the European Championship in Kolding on Friday, against Serbia.

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