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    years participates in sports weekly. Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands, with field hockey and volleyball as the second and third most...
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    constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea. The islands were also...
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    The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the...
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  • Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of...
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    The culture of the Netherlands is diverse, reflecting regional differences as well as the foreign influences built up by centuries of the Dutch people's...
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    competitive sport that is widely played in the Netherlands, with the first major tournament held in 1973, which has gained popularity in the country since the late...
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  • The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country...
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  • sport within the Netherlands proper, it is the main sport of the Dutch overseas territories in the Caribbean (the former Netherlands Antilles). The driving...
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  • in the Netherlands is a popular sport. The sport is governed by the Rugby Nederland, which organizes the Netherlands national rugby union team. The Rugby...
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    is the second largest religion in the Netherlands, after Christianity, and is practised by 5% of the population according to 2018 estimates. The majority...
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    Vodafone. Ziggo Sport Totaal launched as Sport1 with its sister service Film1 on 1 February 2006 and replaced the Canal+ Netherlands channels. Film1 was...
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  • The Netherlands national football team (Dutch: Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply Het Nederlands elftal) has represented the Netherlands in international...
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    (LGBT) rights in the Netherlands are among the most advanced in the world. Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1811 after France invaded the country and...
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  • Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second...
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    Healthcare in the Netherlands is differentiated along three dimensions (1) level (2) physical versus mental and (3) short term versus long term care. The three...
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  • Television in the Netherlands was officially introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks...
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  • played in the Netherlands since at least the 19th century, and in the 1860s was considered a major sport in the country. The sport is governed by the Royal...
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    The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For...
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    work and sport. The Ministry was created in 1951 as the "Ministry of Social Affairs and Health" and had several name changes before it became the "Ministry...
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  • Pien Meulensteen (category Alumni of the University of Salford)
    Ziggo Sport in the Netherlands, and CBS in the United States. In 2023, she became the first female to commentate on a live Premier League match in Britain...
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    The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. A constitutional monarchy, the country is...
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    Oranjegekte (category Sport in the Netherlands)
    Oranjegekte (Orange craze) or Oranjekoorts (Orange fever) is a phenomenon in the Netherlands that occurs during major sporting events, especially international...
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  • Committee. NOC*NSF, based at the National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem, is the umbrella organisation for sports in the Netherlands, representing more than...
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    Arjen Robben (category Netherlands men's youth international footballers)
    (in Japanese). 16 November 2013. "Netherlands 2-0 Wales". BBC Sport. 4 June 2014. "Spain 1-5 Netherlands". FIFA.com. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original...
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    Sport in Europe tends to be highly organized with many sports having professional leagues. The origins of many of the world's most popular sports today...
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    Sport in the United Kingdom plays an important role in British culture and the United Kingdom has played a significant role in the organisation and spread...
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    Nathan Aké (category Netherlands men's youth international footballers)
    City and the Netherlands national team. Nathan Benjamin Aké was born on 18 February 1995 in The Hague, South Holland. He agreed to join the Chelsea youth...
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  • Ian Maatsen (category Netherlands men's youth international footballers)
    for the Netherlands, having represented the country at all levels from under-15 to under-21. In September 2023, he received his first call-up to the Netherlands...
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  • Jeremie Frimpong (category Netherlands men's youth international footballers)
    Bayer Leverkusen and the Netherlands national team. Frimpong joined Manchester City at the age of nine and progressed through the club's youth ranks, with...
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    The Netherlands women's national football team (Dutch: Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) represents the Netherlands in international women's football,...
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