Ruud van Nistelrooy struck from close range in injury time to earn the Netherlands a hard-fought 1-0 win over Albania in their Euro 2008 qualifier on Wednesday.
Edtech major Think and Learn, which operates under Byju's brand name, is learnt to have received a commitment of $300 million from investors for its ongoing rights issue which will close by the end of February, sources aware of the development said. Byju's floated a rights issue in January to raise $200 million at an enterprise valuation in the range of $220-250 million which is a 99 per cent reduction in its peak valuation of $22 billion. Sources also shared that Byju's has offered miffed investors to appoint two independent directors to enhance transparency but only after the rights issue and declaring its financial results for the 2023 fiscal.
Melbourne-born Dutch pacer Dirk Nannes said he found it "bizarre" after Australia named him in their Twenty20 team even as his wife was "jumping up and down" at the news.
Dutch internationals Patrick Kluivert, Philip Cocu, Michael Reiziger and Marc Overmars are to leave The Spanish club.
The Netherlands skipper Jeroen Smits has described the team's sensational victory over hosts England in the opening match of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup as 'unbelievable' and 'special'. The Dutch beat England by four wickets in a match that went down to wire on Friday.
Brazil ended their home World Cup to a cacophony of boos on Saturday as the defensive errors that crushed their bid for a sixth title resurfaced in a shoddy 3-0 loss to the Netherlands in the third-place playoff match.
AZ Alkmaar clinched their second Dutch championship after Ajax Amsterdam failed to beat PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.
Holland coach Dick Advocaat has opted for Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy to lead the attack against Germany.
Four-time champions Pakistan produced a lion-hearted performance before going down 0-1 to Olympic bronze medallist Germany in their opening Pool D match of the 2018 Hockey World Cup.
Australia batsman Steve Smith scored a half-century before pacer Mitchell Starc bagged a hat-trick to rip through the Netherlands top order in a rain-affected warm-up game in Thiruvananthapuram
The Netherlands beat world champions Argentina 4-2 in a penalty shootout.
Maxwell put on a solid partnership of 103 runs with Pat Cummins for the highest seventh-wicket stand or lower for Australia in World Cups.
South Africa crushed the Netherlands by 231 runs in a lop-sided Group B match to record their second successive victory in the 2011 World Cup.
The Copa del Rey semi-final draw will be made on Friday.
The Netherlands will have a spring in their stride when they take on a struggling Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Van Dijk was sent off for fouling Alexander Isak during the first half and appeared to remonstrate with referee John Brooks before walking off the pitch.
Netherlands qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 with a 4-1 win over France which left the hopes of the World Cup runners-up hanging by a thread on Friday.
The Netherlands proved too good for the World champions, winning 3-0, in the first clash of the heavyweights at Euro 2008.
The Indo-Australian pair will now meet the sixth-seeded Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
Dhananjaya de Silva hit a career-best 93 while Maheesh Theekshana took three important wickets to ensure Sri Lanka's pole positio
Spain and Japan have six points and will play each other on Monday for top spot in the group
To avoid the ignominy of missing the cut for the prestigious Champions Trophy, England must win their remaining two fixtures against the Netherlands and Pakistan.
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Ravindra Jadeja took 2/49 against the Netherlands to take his wicket tally in World Cup 2023 to 16.
Tanisha and Ashwini will face the winner of the other semifinal between Taiwanese pair of Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui in the final on Sunday.
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Tallon Griekspoor prevailed in a high-voltage three-set final against Benjamin Bonzi to win his maiden ATP World Tour title.
Bowlers need to find "innovative ways to execute deliveries with a touch of "anti-skill" to challenge the range-hitting batsmen in the ongoing IPL, reckons Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate.
Pakistan could lose their Dutch national team hockey coach Michel van den Heuvel who said on Thursday he was not keen to return because of security concerns.
The 18-year-old also created history as he surpassed the legendary Viswanathan Anand to take the No 1 spot among Indian chess players in the live ratings.
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Louis van Gaal's tactical masterstroke got them out of a sticky situation again in the quarter-final on Saturday but the Netherlands will know they cannot continue relying on their coach to conjure up tricks if they are to go further at the World Cup.
In a highly ill-tempered game, players from both teams threw challenges, pushed and shoved each other, culminating in 48 fouls!
The Netherlands won the gold medal in the women's water polo competition on Thursday, scoring a goal in the last minute to beat the United States 9-8.
Ajax Amsterdam registered a 4-1 win at De Graafschap, their first title since 2014 and a record-extending 34th overall completed the double after they won the KNVB Cup earlier this month.
Spain owe a large debt of gratitude to their World Cup final opponents Netherlands because of the strong Dutch influence at Barcelona down the years, according to midfielder Sergio Busquets.
From a modest start, as player and coach, Bert van Marwijk built success with Feyenoord before taking over a promising Netherlands side following their disappointing quarter-final exit at Euro 2008.
It has taken Das and her twin sister 32 years to visit India. The two sisters were just eight months old when they were adopted by a Dutch couple who raised them "like any proud parent would".
Kim Lammers scored a dramatic winning goal two minutes from time as Netherlands beat Germany 2-1 in Pool A to reach the semi-finals of the women's hockey World Cup Sunday.
