Mark Rurup (born 22 July 1975, Zaanstad) is a Dutch curler from Amsterdam who curls out of the Curling Club Utrecht. He is the third of the Praxis Hammerheads which is the Dutch national team. Rurup has played in 3 European Championships. In 2005 he was the alternate for Reg Wiebe, and finished 19th. In 2007, he was the team's lead, and finished 17th. In 2009, he finished 11th, playing third for Mark Neeleman.
Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its neighbourhood in 1912 as SC Feijenoord, updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord, and then to Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1978, when it split from the amateur club under its wing, SC Feyenoord. Since 1937, Feyenoord's home ground has been the Stadion Feijenoord, nicknamed De Kuip, the second largest stadium in The Netherlands.
Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a Dutch former football player, coach and sporting director. He played as a striker, most notably for AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.
Phillip John William Cocu is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, he is the manager of Vitesse.
Reinier Butôt is a former Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. He was the lead of the Dutch national team. In 2001, 2002 and 2003 he played third for Mark Neeleman at the World Junior "B" Curling Championships. All three years they finished 7th. Butôt was also an alternate on two European Championships teams: 12th place for Reg Wiebe in 2002 and 13th place for Floris van Imhoff in 2003. At the 2004 European Championships, Butôt played lead for Erik van der Zwan and they finished 15th. At the 2005 European Championships, he played second for Reg Wiebe's 19th place team.
The Netherlands women's national football team is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA.
Giannis Anastasiou is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League club Panetolikos.
John van der Wiel is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion.
Antonius Wilhelmus Verlegh, known as Antoon Verlegh and Rat Verlegh was a Dutch football player and administrator who is best known for his association with NAC Breda, whose Rat Verlegh Stadion is named in his honour. Antoon Verlegh was a player, trainer, editor, secretary, member of the board, vice chairman and chairman of honour at NAC Breda. He also had several important positions at the KNVB and he was considered to be one of the football icons in The Netherlands until the 1950s.
Pontus Ekhem is a Swedish ice hockey player, also known as 'Ponty' and also coined the phrase "It's Ponty!". He is 169 cm tall
Mark Jonathan Briggs is an English football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Sacramento Republic in the USL Championship.
Kamohelo Mokotjo is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder. After beginning his career in his native South Africa, he came to prominence in the Netherlands with FC Twente and later played in England for Brentford and in the United States for FC Cincinnati. He represents South Africa at international level.
Hakim Ziyech is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the Morocco national team. He is nicknamed "The Wizard", a title given to him by Ajax supporters.
Daniëlle van de Donk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais and the Netherlands national team. She helped her national team to win the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and finish second at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Worthy Donovan Rafael de Jong is a Dutch 3x3 basketball player and former professional 5x5 player. Standing at 6 ft 4.3 in, De Jong plays the shooting guard or the small forward position.
Bradley Stuver is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Austin FC.
Jeroen Rauwerdink is a Dutch male volleyball player. He is part of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Dynamo Apeldoorn. Jeroen Rauwerdink is, with his 337 caps, the third most capped player in the national team.
Glenn Schuurman is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal. He played a total 159 matches from 2012 until 2021 for the Dutch national team and scored three goals.
Mirco Pruyser is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward for Amsterdam.
Franciscus Johannes Antonius Gesthuizen "François" Gesthuizen is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is currently coaching the NEC U18-team.
The 2017–18 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-second season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2017 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2018 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2017–18 Eredivisie.