AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch assistant coach of the England women’s national team will be going home to lead the Netherlands after the European Championship in July, where the two countries will play each other.
The Dutch soccer federation said Tuesday that Arjan Veurink has a four-year contract that will start after his work with England — coached by his mentor Sarina Wiegman — at the Euros in Switzerland.
Defending champion England was drawn in the same group as the Netherlands and they meet July 9 in Zurich in the second game for each team. France and Wales also are in a strong-looking Group D.
England won the title at home in 2022 with Wiegman and her longtime assistant Veurink, who also won the previous title together with the Dutch team at the 2017 European Championship.
“I have never hidden my ambition to one day take on the lead role with the Dutch national team,” Veurink said in a statement published by the federation.
“After over eight years of experience at the highest level as Sarina Wiegman’s right-hand man, first with the Netherlands and now in England, I feel ready to stand on my own.”
The English federation said Veurink “remains a highly valued member of Sarina’s team.”
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FILE - England head coach Sarina Wiegman, left, and Arjan Veurink on stage at an event at Trafalgar Square in London, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (James Manning/PA via AP, File)
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Kike Pérez's first Serie A goal was not enough to lift Venezia out of the relegation zone after Torino scored late to secure a 1-1 draw at home on Friday.
Visiting Venezia had already seen an early goal disallowed for offside when Pérez put them ahead after 35 minutes, squeezing between two defenders and angling home a low right-foot shot.
However, Nikola Vlašić converted a 77th-minute penalty to give the home side a share of the points.
The result was harsh for Venezia, for which a first away win since February 2022 would have lifted it out of the bottom three.
Instead, it remained third from bottom, one point above Empoli and a point behind Lecce, both of whom have a game in hand.
The bottom three go down, with last-placed Monza almost certain to drop.
Torino was in 10th.
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Torino's Antonio Sanabria, left, and Venezia's Fali Cande in action during the Serie A soccer match between FC Torino and Venezia at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, Friday May 2, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Torino's Nikola Vlasic scores from the penalty spot during the Serie A soccer match between FC Torino and Venezia at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, Friday, May 2, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Torino's Nikola Vlasic scores from the penalty spot during the Serie A soccer match between FC Torino and Venezia at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, Friday, May 2, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Torino's Ali Dembele, right, and Venezia's Ridgeciano Haps battle for a header during the Serie A soccer match between FC Torino and Venezia at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, Friday, May 2, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
