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Coca-Cola's ties with the Olympic Games stretch back to Amsterdam 1928, when the company first became involved with the event. Ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Games, Olympic organisers are recounting that nearly hundred-year history, tracing how the brand has accompanied the Games through decades of political change, boycotts and evolving sponsorships to become one of the movement's longest-standing commercial partners.

Andy van der Meijde is again drawing attention in the Netherlands, with the former Ajax, Everton and Ajax Amsterdam midfielder's family in the frame: Melisa van der Meijde was compared to a wild animal while handling large pieces of meat, a remark making the rounds among Dutch followers of the ex-footballer.