How do people from different places around the world look at the contested World Cup soccer game in Qatar? I interviewed Senegalese sports journalist Babacar Khalifa Ndiaye about how the Senegalese think about human rights violations and deceased migrant workers. To read his insights, click here.
Soccer
For De Volkskrant: my profile of the best soccer player of Africa, Sadio Mané
For the second time in his carreer, Sadio Mané has been named the best African footballer of the year. In Senegal, where the soccer player is born thirty years ago, the 'silent, smiling assassin' is mainly known as a sober do-gooder.
For De Volkskrant, I wrote a profile about the shy but generous soccer player, who has transformed Bambaly - from the millions he makes, hundreds of thousands of euros went into the village he grew up in, in the south of Senegal. You can read the piece by clicking or tapping here (in Dutch).
New work for NPO Radio 1: UEFA Women's EURO
As a part of my job at NPO Radio 1, I made a small video series focused on the 'WEURO' European Soccer Championship for women, which is organised in The Netherlands.
We have a lot of very talented female soccer players, yet we don't have a female radio or TV commentator. That's why we came up with a contest, to see if we can find the best female sports commentator of The Netherlands.
To get people to sign up, I've made a bunch of small clips with 'BN'ers', Dutch celebrities, like comedian Viggo Waas, soccer player Leonne Stentler, actor Frank Lammers, radio host Lara Rense, comedian Peter Heerschop and soccer player Daphne Koster.
You can watch the videos through the NPO Radio 1 Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter feeds.