Head of Dutch sport sacked

Marcel Sturkenboom, the director of sport at the Dutch sport and Olympic association NOC*NCF has been sacked on the spot, the AD newspaper reports on Friday.


The paper says differences of opinion with the organisation’s general manager Theo Fledderus are behind the row.
Sturkenboom is one of the main backers of plans to bring the Olympics to the Netherlands in 2028.

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