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Ready for Rio 2016

Arjen Uijterlinde,
15 Jul 2016

In Rio wordt de laatste hand gelegd aan de voorbereidingen voor de Zomerspelen. Over 3 weken is het zover. Op 4 locaties in de stad en 5 steden in Brazilië […]

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De organisatie van grote sport-evenementen vereist enorme investeringen in infrastructuur en andere voorzieningen. Zeker in Rio de Janeiro, waar er twee kort na elkaar plaatsvinden: het WK (2014) en de […]

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Dutch women cycling for women’s rights

Robert Schuddeboom,
15 Sep 2015

Meeting inspiring and surprising people is perhaps the best part of my job as a diplomat. Take for example these four young Dutch women, cycling by and stopping over on […]

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Last week Dafne Schippers won the gold medal in Beijin for running the third fastest 200 m in history.

Last week, 23-year-old Dafne Schippers surprised the world by taking the 200m world gold. Only three months after she decided to exchange the heptathlon for the 100m and 200m, she […]

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Er valt veel te winnen met sport

Arjen Uijterlinde,
14 Nov 2014

De afgelopen week stond voor ons in het teken van het bezoek van het Nederlandse Olympische Comité NOC*NSF en hun Nederlandse sponsors en partners in sport aan Rio de Janeiro. […]

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Soccer in Turkey and business opportunities

Robert Schuddeboom,
15 Aug 2014

The World Championship soccer 2014 again showed us the power of sports. Within the Dutch foreign policy sports is playing its role, recently underlined by our minister of Foreign Affairs […]

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