Overview
- FC Utrecht defeated NEC 1-0 at the Galgenwaard, with Miguel Rodríguez scoring before Tjaronn Chery hit a late penalty against the crossbar as Utrecht climbed to sixth place.
- NEC players and staff dispute the decisive goal and protested on the pitch, with Bryan Linssen cautioned; the disagreement with officials remains unresolved after the match.
- Joris Nieuwenhuis claimed a solo victory at the Rapencross in Lokeren by 48 seconds, while Lars van der Haar, who announced his upcoming retirement earlier in the week, finished ninth.
- Rotterdam-IJsselmonde shooting left a 20-year-old man dead; police have arrested five suspects aged 17 to 24 from Rotterdam and nearby towns, and say the investigation is ongoing.
- Rotterdam police disclosed a preventive search at Marconiplein that yielded €91,000 in cash and 3 kilograms of heroin, and separate incidents included a supermarket warehouse fire in Ulft and a vehicle going into water in Druten that injured two people.