Former Netherlands Keeper Van Der Sar Moved to Dutch Hospital

Former Ajax and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar arrives for the UEFA Champions League draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, on Aug. 30, 2018. (AP)
Former Ajax and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar arrives for the UEFA Champions League draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, on Aug. 30, 2018. (AP)
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Former Netherlands Keeper Van Der Sar Moved to Dutch Hospital

Former Ajax and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar arrives for the UEFA Champions League draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, on Aug. 30, 2018. (AP)
Former Ajax and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar arrives for the UEFA Champions League draw at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, on Aug. 30, 2018. (AP)

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been moved to a hospital in the Netherlands but remains in intensive care after a brain bleed last week, his wife Annemarie said on Saturday.

The 52-year-old, who was admitted to a Split hospital while on holiday in Croatia, will remain in the intensive care unit but is in stable condition and out of immediate danger.

"Edwin has been repatriated from Croatia on Friday evening and is currently in the intensive care unit of a Dutch hospital," Annemarie was quoted as saying by Ajax Amsterdam, where Van der Sar was until recently a director.

"His situation remains the same: stable, in a non-life-threatening condition and communicative. The Van der Sar family would like to express their deep gratitude to the 'University Hospital of Split' for their great care during the last week."



North Korean Athletes Leave for Paris Olympics

FILE outdated photo of members of North Korean women's ice hockey team - AFP
FILE outdated photo of members of North Korean women's ice hockey team - AFP
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North Korean Athletes Leave for Paris Olympics

FILE outdated photo of members of North Korean women's ice hockey team - AFP
FILE outdated photo of members of North Korean women's ice hockey team - AFP

North Korean athletes left for the Paris Olympics on Saturday, AFP reporters saw, as they prepared to take part in the summer Games for the first time in eight years.

The athletes posed for photos at Pyongyang airport, wearing white blazers adorned with their national flag and badges featuring their former leaders.

Around 16 North Korean athletes are expected to compete in around seven Olympic events in Paris, including boxing and table tennis, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

North Korea's culture and sports minister Kim Il Guk was part of the delegation heading to Paris on Saturday.

Thousands of athletes have begun flying into the French capital ahead of the July 26-August 11 event.

The nuclear-armed North did not send a delegation to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics -- which were delayed to 2021 because of the coronavirus -- due to concerns over the pandemic.

The country was banned from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, after it failed to take part in Tokyo in 2021.

North Korea won two gold medals at the Rio Olympics in 2016 -- the last time it participated in the summer Games.

Rim Jong Sim won in women's weightlifting and Ri Se Gwang scored gold in men's vault.