Netherlands

By Emelia Sithole-Matarise

Italian and Spanish bond yields nudged higher on Monday ahead of a slew of debt sales this week, but underlying sentiment in the lower-rated euro zone bonds remained firm thanks to a dovish European Central Bank.

Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul was the hero as the Netherlands beat Costa Rica to seal a showdown with Argentina in a heavyweight World Cup semi-final lineup Saturday.
      

SUZHOU – Serbia’s Milica Mandic won the bronze medal in the Women Over 67kg event at the 2014 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series 1 in China on Friday.

In the Chinese city of Suzhou, Mandic first defeated Germany’s Melda Akcan 6-2, and then went on to beat Li Donghua of China 3-2 and clinch a quarterfinal victory against Reshmie Oogink of the Netherlands 5-1.

Šešelj given three days to respond to conditions

THE HAGUE -- The Hague (ICTY) has given Vojislav Šešelj a 3-day deadline to declare in writing that he will comply with the conditions of his possible provisional release.

THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has given Vojislav Seselj, who has been indicted by the Tribunal, a three-day deadline to declare in writing that he will comply with the conditions of a possible provisional release, the main condition being supervision by the Serbian authorities.

Argentina will once again turn to Lionel Messi for inspiration when the team tackles star-studded Belgium in Brasilia on July 5 in a World Cup quarterfinal haunted by ghosts of yesteryear.

Argentina scored in the 118th minute to beat Switzerland and Belgium clung on to defeat the United States in another heart-stopping period of extra time to reach the World Cup quarter-finals amid more extraordinary drama on July 1.
 

LONDON - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and his Canadian colleague Daniel Nestor qualified for the Wimbledon championships quarterfinal in men's doubles as they defeated Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and David Marrero Santana of Spain in the third round match on Tuesday, 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 6-4.

Later in the day, Zimonjic will play once more in a match in the mixed doubles category.

The Dutch Ambassador to Bulgaria Tom van Oorschot has donated 600 English literature books to the refugees at the Center for Refugees in Vrazhdebna, Sofia on Monday.

The Netherlands and Costa Rica both had to go through their share of drama in order to qualify for the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup.