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De Kuip, venue of the 2015 KNVB Cup final

The2015 KNVB Cup final was anassociation football match betweenPEC Zwolle andFC Groningen for the 97thKNVB Cup final, the Dutch Cup competition, played on 3 May 2015 atDe Kuip inRotterdam. PEC, the defending champions aftertheir5–1 victory overAjax the previous year, were appearing in their fourth final. Groningen had reached the final once before, losing toPSV Eindhoven in 1989. PEC and Groningen entered the competition in the second round and progressed through five rounds to reach the final. Groningen scored 22 goals en route, the most of any team during the qualifying rounds. In front of more than 46,000 spectators, the first half ended goalless. The SlovakAlbert Rusnák scored twice halfway through the second half, leading Groningen to a2–0 victory and their first major honour. By winning the KNVB Cup, Groningen qualified for the2015 Johan Cruyff Shield and the2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. (Full article...)

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Theeastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) is amarsupial found in the eastern third of Australia, with a population of several million. The eastern grey kangaroo is the second largest living marsupial and native land mammal in Australia, with adult males weighing around 50 to 66 kg (110 to 146 lb) and females weighing around 17 to 40 kg (37 to 88 lb). Like allkangaroos, it is mainlynocturnal andcrepuscular, and is mostly seen early in the morning, or as the light starts to fade in the evening. In the middle of the day, kangaroos rest in the cover of the woodlands andgraze there. Kangaroos are the only large mammals tohop on two legs as their primary means oflocomotion. Thismultiple exposure photograph shows an eastern grey kangaroo hopping inMount Annan, New South Wales.

Photograph credit:Charles J. Sharp

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