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Wednesday 22 May  
Orange goes EURO 2012

Orange goes EURO 2012

The latest on ‘Oranje’, as the Dutch national football team is nicknamed at home. We follow the 2010 World Cup runners-up as they prepare for this year's 2012 European Championships hosted in Poland and Ukraine.

Article: Third time lucky: Holland beat Slovakia 2-0

Dressed in their new black away strip, Holland entered the orange-coloured De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam to a pounding disco beat - decibels to drag the Dutch out of the doldrums.  

Article: Why Holland lost at home to Bulgaria

So why did the number four in FIFA’s world rankings lose at home to number 96? Why did a country, widely rated as one of the favourites to clinch this summer’s European championship suffer defeat at the hands of a team that...

Article: Bert van Marwijk’s no-frills method

“I’ve felt respect for several Holland managers. But for one of them, there’s love.” The opening lines of Bert van Marwijk’s biography, just out, are surprisingly lyrical. What follows is more prosaic, more...

Article: Euro 2012: Holland in group of death

The draw for the final stages of next year’s European football championship has pitted Holland against Denmark, Portugal and Germany in a very tough group B. Holland striker Arjen Robben remained upbeat. He tweeted: "It's...