Former Dutch footballer Danny Blind was appointed as the newest member of the supervisory board at Amsterdam football club Ajax. The planned appointment was previously announced, and was formalized during a shareholders meeting at the Johan Cruijff Arena on Wednesday, the team said. Alex Kroess was also formally appointed as the club's CEO, effective March 15.
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PSV Eindhoven will face Borussia Dortmund (BVB) in the round of 16 of the Champions League. The draw took place on Monday at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The round of 16 will be played on February 13, 14, 20, and 21, and March 5, 6, 12, and 13. The exact date of PSV's matches against the German club will be announced later today.
AZ aims to be the first team to take points off PSV in the Eredivisie this season when they face each other on Sunday evening. The Alkmaarders have fifteen points less after twelve games than the league leaders. PSV has succeeded for the second time in not dropping a point for the first fifteen Eredivisie matches of the season. They won their first seventeen matches of the 1987-88 season under Guus Hiddink.
South Korea, Netherlands declare 'semiconductor alliance' Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.