Approximately 5 million of the 17 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.
Sparta Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.
The Dutch public broadcasting system is a group of organizations that are responsible for public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) foundation, which acts as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasters. The Dutch Media Act 2008 regulates how air time is divided and puts the administration of the public broadcasting system in the hands of the NPO Board of Directors.
The Netherlands national rugby league team is the national rugby league team of The Netherlands. It was formed in January 2003. The national team played its first international match in 2003 against Scotland A, where they lost 22–18.
IJshockey Nederland (IJNL) is the official governing body of ice hockey in the Netherlands. It was founded as the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond in 1933 as a three team league with The Hague, Amsterdam and Tilburg. It joined the International Ice Hockey Federation on 20 January, 1935. In 1946, it created the Eredivisie. The organisation’s name was changed from NIJB to IJNL in 2017.
The Royal Dutch Hockey Association is the official governing body of Field hockey in the Netherlands. It governs both the indoor and outdoor field hockey leagues, as well as the Netherlands national field hockey team and the Netherlands women's national field hockey team.
The Restored Reformed Church is a Calvinist denomination in the Netherlands. It was founded in 2004, from congregations which made up the orthodox-reformed wing of the Dutch Reformed Church; they had previously been part of groups named Het Gekrookte Riet and the still existing Gereformeerde Bond within the Dutch Reformed Church. The Church has grown steadily since its founding.
The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation, generally abbreviated NOC*NSF, is the overall coordinating Dutch sports organisation that also functions as the Dutch National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee. NOC*NSF, based at the National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem, is the umbrella organisation for sports in the Netherlands, representing more than 23,000 sports clubs and 5.2 million Dutch people involved in sports.
Women's football in the Netherlands has traditionally had a low profile and female players had to play abroad. However, the national team began having success in the 2010s, notably in winning the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament and the domestic Eredivisie began expanding.
The Royal Dutch Korfball Association is the governing body of korfball in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch korfball leagues ,the more recreative leagues, and the Dutch national team.
Sarina Petronella Wiegman OON CBE, also known as Sarina Wiegman-Glotzbach, is a Dutch football manager and former player who has been the manager of the England women's national team since September 2021.
Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for the New Zealand national team.
Joaquín Raúl Menini Suero is a field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Rotterdam. Born in Argentina, he represents Spain at international level. He previously played for his country of birth national team.
Basketball Netherlands is the governing body of basketball in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1947, and are headquartered in Nieuwegein.
Rahima Ayla Dirkse is a Dutch model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Nederland 2018 on 9 July 2018. She represented the Netherlands at Miss Universe 2018 pageant but unplaced.
Lutsharel Emiliano Geertruida [pronounced (ch)hair-trow-da; born 18 July 2000] is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Netherlands national team. Mainly a right-back, he can also play as a centre-back and defensive midfielder.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands has resulted in 8,644,223 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22,986 deaths.
Cornelis Wilhelmus van Hasselt was a Dutch footballer and manager, who coached the Netherlands national team from its first unofficial matches in 1901 until 1908.
The Netherlands women's national bandy team represents the Netherlands in the sport of bandy. The team is controlled by the Bandy Bond Nederland.
