Football

The Netherlands champion can receive 13 years in prison for drug smuggling

Published

7 months ago

June 11, 2025

Thomas

The Netherlands champion can receive 13 years in prison for drug smuggling

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The champion of the Netherlands in Twente ex -football player Ronnie Stam is suspected of smuggling more than 2.2 tons of cocaine with an assessment cost of 57 million euros, Omroep Brabant reports.

Also in the bench of the defendants is his older brother – Rudy.

The State Prosecutor believes that the brothers played an important role in the international drug trade, and demanded thirteen years of prison for Ronnie and more than six years of prison for Rudi. Both also must pay about 1.7 million euros.

At the trial in Breda, it was found that the brothers transported cocaine from South America to the Netherlands in 2020 and 2021. Ronnie Stam only admitted that he was an intermediary in smuggling of 20 kilograms of drugs by mail from Brazil to Frankfurt in 2020, but denied any further involvement in the trade in narcotic substances.

The 40 -year -old Stama has been in custody since its first arrest in June 2024.

In 2010, Stam won the Netherlands Championship with Twente under the leadership of the former coach of England, Steve McLaren, and then moved to Wigan in the same year. As part of the English team, he became the winner of the Cup of England in the 2012/13 season.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

World Cup

VIDEO. UAF releases all goals of men’s and women’s national teams in 2025

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1 hour ago

December 31, 2025

Kyle

Ukraine national football teams completed 2025and the Ukrainian Football Federation summarize the results.

UAF releases all goals of men’s and women’s national teams in 2025

Sergei Rebrov’s team had an unsuccessful start to 2025, losing to Belgium in the Nations League play-offs (3:1, 0:3). The blue-yellows played two friendly matches against Canada (2:4) and New Zealand (2:1) in June.

In the autumn, the Ukrainian team qualified for the 2026 World Cup and took second place in the group with France, Iceland and Azerbaijan. The blue-yellows made it to the play-offs to participate in the World Cup. During the year, the team had 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, average score: 17-20.

VIDEO. All goals of the Ukrainian men’s team in 2025

VIDEO. All goals of the Ukrainian women’s team in 2025

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

World Cup

Statistics. UAF announced how many matches Ukrainian national teams will play in 2025

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4 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Kyle

Statistics. UAF announced how many matches Ukrainian national teams will play in 2025

Ukraine national football teams completed 2025and the Ukrainian Football Federation summarize the results.

UAF reported: “In 2025, 156 matches (including friendly matches against clubs) were played by Ukrainian national, junior and youth men’s and women’s football teams, futsal, beach football and amphibious teams.”

Statistics: 10 matches of the Ukrainian national team in 2025 (+5=1–4)

infographics

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

Football

Real Madrid player Mbappe will miss three weeks due to injury – newspaper

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5 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Jon

Real Madrid player Mbappe will miss three weeks due to injury – newspaper

French footballer for Spanish Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe he will miss at least three weeks due to a knee ligament injury. The newspaper L’Equipe reports it.

The attacker will miss the Spanish Super Cup, the matches of which will be played from 7 to 11 January in Saudi Arabia.

Mbappé is 27 years old. On June 3, 2024, the striker signed a contract with Real Madrid as a free agent. From 2018 to 2024 he played for PSG and is the top scorer in the club’s history. As part of the team, the footballer became a five-time champion of France, three-time winner of the National Cup and Super Cup and twice won the League Cup.

Together with the French team, Mbappe won the 2018 World Championship in Russia and won a silver medal at the 2022 World Championship in Qatar.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.