Wesley Sneijder Staying With The Nerazzurri

Soren Lerby, agent of Wesley Sneijder has told that his client will not move from Italian club Inter Milan this season. The runner-up member of this year's football World Cup was previously linked with two Manchester Clubs, City and United.

However, Lerby insists there is no reason to leave, and is fully confident his man will remain at the club.

Wesley Sneijder was even linked to Spanish giant Real Madrid as former Inter coach Jose Mourinho is now in charge of the Spanish side. However, Sneijder himself at one point during the summer seemed open to the idea of returning to Madrid but it is now can be said that he is staying with the Nerazzurri.

"This is one of those years in which everything is beautiful and perfect. It's difficult that Wesley will forget everything that has happened this year," the agent told Calcionews24.com.

"He has made history and everyone is happy for that. His future? That is with Inter, there are no doubts or problems about this."

Arsenal Now Pursuing Dutch Number 1 Maarten Stekelenburg

It has reported now that Arsenal will now go for Dutch number one Ajax’s Maarten Stekelenburg and not Austrlian international (Fulham goalkeeper) goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. Arsenal were on trail to rope in Mark Schwarzer in the final weeks of the recently help World Cup 2010, but reports coming from UK suggest that Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger in now seeking the service of Holland's number one goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

Arsenal’s current first-choice stopper Manuel Almunia has fallen out of favour at Emirates Stadium and could be sold and the fact that Wenger does not have enormous faith in Lukasz Fabianski and Wojciech Szczesny indicates that a move for Stekelenburg could be on the cards.

Dutch Star Wesley Sneijder Marries TV Presenter Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen- Pictures

26-year-old Dutch football star Wesley Sneijder married 25-year-old tv presenter and actress Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen in Tuscany, Italy on Saturday 17th July, 2010.

The couple were accompanied by Sneijder's four-year-old son from his first marriage plus a host of football and showbiz friends.

They were married in a church in the Church of San Giusto e Clemente in Castelnuovo Berardenga, about nine miles from Siena.
Yolanthe arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and the couple released doves during their ceremony.

Check some of Wesley Sneijder's Wedding Photographs below:

Wesley Sneijder's boy Jessey at his Father's Wedding Ceremony

Wesley Sneijder and Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen

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Dutch Team Reaction After WC 2010 Final

“I felt that Puyol did everything to stop me . So from his point of view Puyol has done well. Only the referee is not so.” – Arjen Robben

“It is a shame for the sport. Iniesta should have red for natrappen , it was a pure corner and the goal by Spain was offside beforehand. In one minute , the competition thus decides.” – Wesley Sneijder

“There you are evil , but it happened. In the game we had chances , they also . We can do it , but have not done . If you want to be world champion , you have to do and that we have not.” – Joris Mathijsen

“We are angry because we were so close. The referee was slightly more for them than for us. That ultimately cost us the cup.” – Dirk Kuyt

“If you later think back to this tournament , this group, the atmosphere , you can only be proud.” – Van Bronckhorst

“Why ? That everyone can see it ? He has clearly affected the finals.” – Van Bommel

“The best team won.” – Van Marwijk

From Chokers to Winners: Spain Finally Wins the Big One

It has been a remarkable two years for the Spanish football side. After decades of underachieving they have won both the European and World Championship. Not bad for a side who struggled to get past the World Cup quarter finals.

They lost their first game of the 2010 World Cup and immediately people thought it was the same old Spain but they got through to top their group and then got past the knockout stages with four 1-0 wins. Their victories came against Portugal, Paraguay, Germany and the Netherlands.

None of these teams really challenged the Spanish. They played a defensive style of football and in each case it caught up with them. Spain is too good a team to try and hold out for a draw. With David Villa, Carlos Puyol, Xavi and Andres Iniesta Spain just had too many big guns.

Netherlands had a great tournament and will be kicking themselves for the way they played in the final. Had they tried to play football, they may have won. As it was, they basically threw it away. Making a World Cup final is near on impossible and to have got there and then wasted the chance was pretty poor. Still they are only human and most likely let the occasion get to them.

The two semi-finalists, Uruguay and Germany had really good tournaments, especially Uruguay. No-one would have thought they would have been the last South American team standing especially when all five of them made the knockout stage.

Going down to the quarter-finalists, Brazil will figure that a second successive loss at this stage is simply unacceptable. Maybe they aren’t as good as they thought they were. Likewise Argentina fell as this hurdle to Germany for the second straight World Cup. They were playing fantastic football until Germany demolished them 4-0. Diego Maradona got his structure wrong and this came back to bite him. Live betting was pretty even until the first German goal in the third minute.

Uruguay got past Ghana is very controversial circumstances. People are still talking about the Luis Suarez handball as they will be doing so for another 50 years. At the end of the day, he was punished for it and Ghana missed a penalty. They have no-one to blame for this but themselves.

Paraguay topped their group and then needed penalties to get past Japan. Making the last eight was good but Spain was just too good.

Darren Albert writes for this blog. He also writes about sport betting.

World Cup 2010 Awards

World Cup 2010 Awards

Golden Boot: Thomas Muller

Silver Boot: David Villa

Bronze Boot: Wesley Sneijder

Golden Ball: Diego Forlan

Silver Ball: Wesley Sneijder

Bronze Ball: David Villa

Best Young Player: Thomas Mueller

Golden Glove: Iker Casilla

Previewing the 2010 World Cup Final Four

It is hard to believe that the 2010 World Cup is already winding down. The truth of the matter is that we are already three weeks into the tournament. Now just three matches are left to decide who is going to be the 2010 World Champions.

The exciting thing about the remaining teams is that there is a great chance that there will be a new first time champion. This will be guaranteed if Germany are defeated by Spain and Uruguay by the Netherlands.

The Netherlands flew under the radar coming from an easy group and then only needing to defeat Slovakia to make the final eight. Suffice to say this isn’t the case once they defeated Brazil. All live betting was favoring Brazil especially after they raced to a 1-0 win. This changed though when they equalized and then once they took the lead. The Brazilians imploded and panicked and paid the price.

Now they face a resurgent Uruguay. Uruguay haven’t been this far in the World Cup since 1970. They came from another light group because of a failing France and then got by South Korea. They should have lost against Ghana but survived a penalty and then the shoot-out. The two time winners are dreaming of returning to an era of their previous dominance.

Coming into the tournament, the favorite was Spain. This changed after their loss in their opening game to Switzerland. In hindsight, this could have been the best thing that happened to them. They regrouped, topped their group and then got by Portugal and Paraguay with a pair of 1-0 wins. Now they face Germany in the semi-final.

No doubt that Germany has the experience but Spain know they beat them in the final of the 2008 European Championships. For Germany it has been another solid tournament. While everyone else has been losing their head, they have kept theirs. They made the final in 2002 and lost in the semi-finals four years ago. They would love to keep going.

With so much on the line, they should be two fantastic semi-finals. One only hopes that the games are marred by refereeing controversies. There have been too many in this tournament to date; too many wrong red cards and penalties. Too many cases of players trying to con the referees and them falling for it.

Darren Albert writes for this blog. He also writes about betting online.

World Cup 2010: The Number 10's

GROUP A

FRANCE

Sidney Govou

MEXICO

Cuauhtemoc Blanco

SOUTH AFRICA

Steven Pienaar

URUGUAY

Diego Forlan

GROUP B

ARGENTINA

Lionel Messi

GREECE

Giorgos Karagounis

NIGERIA

John Obi Mikel

SOUTH KOREA

Park Chu-Young

GROUP C

ALGERIA

Rafik Saifi

ENGLAND

Wayne Rooney

SLOVENIA

Valter Birsa

USA

Landon Donovan

GROUP D

AUSTRALIA

Harry Kewell

GERMANY

Lukas Podolski

GHANA

Stephen Appiah

SERBIA

Dejan Stankovic

GROUP E

CAMEROON

Achille Emana

DENMARK

Martin Jorgensen

JAPAN

Shunsuke Nakamura

HOLLAND

Wesley Sneijder

GROUP F

ITALY

Antonio Di Natale

NEW ZEALAND

Chris Killen

PARAGUAY

Edgar Benitez

SLOVAKIA

Marek Sapara

GROUP G

BRAZIL

Kaka

IVORY COAST

Gervinho

NORTH KOREA

Hong Yong-Jo

PORTUGAL

Danny

GROUP H

CHILE

Jorge Valdivia

HONDURAS

Julio Cesar de Leon

SPAIN

Cesc Fabregas

SWITZERLAND

Blaise Nkofu

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Dutch World Cup 2010 Squad

Netherlands World Cup 2010 Squad Announced

Goalkeepers

Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Sander Boschker (FC Twente)
Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht)

Defenders

Vurnon Anita (Ajax)
Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart)
Edson Braafheid (Celtic)
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord)
John Heitinga (Everton)
Joris Mathijsen (HSV)
Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord)
Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax)
André Ooijer (PSV)

Midfielders

Otman Bakkal (PSV)
Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich)
Wout Brama (FC Twente)
Orlando Engelaar (PSV)
Nigel de Jong (Manchester City)
David Mendes da Silva (AZ)
Stijn Schaars (AZ)
Wesley Sneijder (Inter)
Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid)
Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax)
Ibrahim Afellay (PSV)

Forwards

Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
Jeremain Lens (AZ)
Eljero Elia (HSV)
Ryan Babel (Liverpool)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)

Luis Aragones Named World's Best Coach of 2008

WORLD'S BEST COACHES of 2008

Luis Aragones

Guus Hiddink

Fatih Terim

Former Spain coach and currently boss at Fenerbahce, Luis Aragones was chosen the World's best National Coach 2008 by the Internationa Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).

The 70-year-old coach took a 107 point lead over the coach standing second, Dutchman Guus Hiddink, at Russia National Team.

Turkish coach Fatih Terim comes third. His team shared the European Championship’s bronze with Russia. The best football coaches of 2008 will receive their awards on March 16th in France.

News Source: www.sportsya.com

No Medals For Pieter van den Hoogenband : Quits Swimming

Two-time 100 metres freestyle Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband retired from international swimming on Thursday after failing in his quest to win a third straight 100 freestyle gold medal.

The 30-year-old Dutchman said it was time to hang up his goggles after he finished a credible fifth in the final behind Frenchman Alain Bernard, conceding defeat to a younger generation of sprinters vying.

"That was my last race," he said. "It's a new generation and now it's time to step aside."

Oleguer Presas Signs For Ajax From Barcelona

Barcelona 28-year-old defender Oleguer Presas signs for Dutch club Ajax. The defender has signed a 3-year-deal with Ajax, where Ajax pay 3 million euros to Barcelona. If the Amsterdam giants qualify for the Champions League in one of the next three years an extra 2.25 million will be paid.

Presas will sign a three-year deal worth 750.000 euros per season. He is the fourth signing of Ajax after the transfers of Ismael Aissati, Miralem Sulejmani and Dario Cvitanich.

Dutch Jan Versleijen New Australian U-20 Coach

53-year-old Dutch Jan Versleijen has been appointed as the new coach of Australia under-20 soccer team.

Jan Versleijen has experience in both clubs and international level having coached teams in Holland – including the nation’s under-17 and under-23 sides – Japan and the Middle East.

He will succeed Steve O’Conner as the head coach at the Australian Institute of Sport.



Archive Picture of Jan Versleijen

Euro 2008: 3rd Quarter Final: Russia v/s Holland: Pictures

Third Quarter Final Action Pictures of Euro 2008: Russia v/s Holland
Dutch defender Orlando Engelaar

Dutch midfielder Van der Vaart after missing a chance

Euro 2008 3rd Quarter-Final Action Russia against Holland

Ruud Van Nistelrooy in the 2nd Half

Russia's Pavlyuchenko after scoring the first goal of the match.

Holland's Rud Van Nistelrooy after scoring the equalizer

Ibrahim Afellay of Holland being substituted to the field.

Euro 2008 Quarter Final Action

Russian Forward ASHREVIN

Furious Dutch Skipper Van der Saar after conceding the 3rd goal

Dutch Coach Van Basten and Supporters after their Loss to Russia 1-3.

Overwhelmed Russian Coach Guus Hiddink after the Victory

Holland's Boulahrouz Stays With The Team After Tragic

The Chelsea defender Khalid Boulahrouz will remain with the Dutch Euro 2008 squad despite a family tragedy, the coach, Marco van Basten, said yesterday.


Boulahrouz's wife was taken to hospital this week with pregnancy complications and the couple's prematurely-born daughter later died. "I understand it is very difficult for Khalid and we will all try to support him however we can," Van Basten said, adding that the defender had the freedom to leave the team's hotel whenever he wanted.

Euro 2008: Holland's Captain Edwin Van Der Sar Eyes Trebel For The Season

Name: Edwin van der Sar
Date of Birth: 29th October 1970
Place of Birth: Voorhout
Hometown Club: Foreholte, VV Noordwijk
Professional Career: Ajax Amsterdam
Feathers In The Cap: 1991-92 UEFA Cup
1995 UEFA Champions League
1995 Best Europea Goalkeeper Award
Scored a Penalty goal for Ajax against De Graafschap 8-1 win.
Serie A appearance for Juventus (First and only non-Italian goalkeeper for Juventus)

The Rest you all know guys.


Holland's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar can make trebel this season. Van der Sar has EPL and Champions League in his pocket for Manchester United and now he eyes on Euro 2008.

Edwin van der sar, captain of Holland, recalls that although in paper we (Manchester United) were the best club in EPL, but we did not have anything in our hands to show our supporters.

As with other previous competitions, where Holland used to start as favorites, wins the league matches and then in the knockout stage a sudden non-heroic exit. So Van der saar is cautious about Euro 2008 and said that although a 3-0 win over Italy is a welcome sign, but we have to train hard and rest and recover for the match against the French.

Arjen Robben is now available against France, but I doubt that Van Basten will dirupt the winning combination.

Frank Rijkaard Away From Football For A Year

Dutch coach and former Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard has said that he is prepared to take a year off from football and dedicate more time to his children. He aslo said that he will review offers from football clubs only if it is exceptional.

Rijkaard's son Mitchell and daughter Lindsay are said to be enjoying in Barcelona and he is keen on his stay in Barcelona city and also allow his son to stay in his current school.

After spending some time in the United States and Holland, Rijkaard has returned to Barcelona and watched Holland's victory over Italy on Monday.

Barcelona who has sacked Frank Rijkaard has agreed to pay him half of his salary for the remaining year that he had on his contract with the club.

Euoro 20008! .Holland

I have full belief with Van-Van Basten. But leave Seadorf, lets seat toghther with Seadorf, fitt the team for the better of Netherlands in Euro 2008. I peronaly feel that if you beleieve in complete football...then go with the Dutch.

I, You all belive that Seadorf absence, might prove a blank in the midfielad, of some parts of Indians..allthough India is ranked 153 rd in the FIFA rankings..but TO ME you are THE GREAT...Searorf...Go Seadorf..even If I , foget you, I, Let you talk with Eoro 2008... 29th June 2008! is the answer!!

GO DUTCH! Let it Be 1-0... minimum I owe you...