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DUTCH GET A RATINGS TREAT

By HELENE ELLIOTT

More than two-thirds of the Netherlands’ population of 15.5 million watched the World Cup team’s quarterfinal victory over Argentina last Saturday, a record for that country. The estimated audience was 10.5 million.

GOING, GOING, . . .

Apparently, even the Croatian team was surprised by its victory over Germany in the quarterfinals.

It had arranged for plane tickets home after the game. But the Germans were equally surprised: They had asked to extend their stay at their hotel before the loss made it unnecessary.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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