Sparta soccer player Soefian el Hassnaoui is one of the four main stars in the campaign ‘www.alleenjijbepaaltwiejebent.nl’ of the Dutch government. Together with Ajax soccer player Ricardo van Rhijn, national team basketball player Chip Jones and baseball international Raily Legito, Soefian el Hassnaoui stars in a videoclip, on the website and on billboards. The purpose [...]

We had a quiet period at The Quan lately. But we will be back from next week onwards! You can expect the best from us in 2014. So watch out for interesting sports, fashion and entertainment news and background stories on the Quan soon. We started of well in 2013, established and went off to [...]

Leandro Bacuna of Aston Villa was man of the match against Manchester City on 28 September. With an assist and a goal the multifunctional player managed by CiC group, had his share in the sensational 3-2 win over the title candidate in the Premier League. Look at the amazing  free kick..do we need to say [...]

When you are always busy, running and trying to cope with the speed of life of these days (while fooling yourself that what you are doing is so important), you’re equally on the lookout for a peaceful place to stop for lunch and refuel in every way. And guess what, sometimes you find such a [...]

Virgil van Dijk qualified last week with Celtic FC  for the group stage in this years Champions League. The talented central defender came over from FC Groningen this summer and plays from 17 September onwards in the strong group H against FC Barcelona, AC Milan and Ajax from the Netherlands. The Quan will bring you background [...]

The Quan was at Fashion Week Copenhagen this year, to look at some CiC models working, meet with a couple of brands, support fashion blogger Lara Rose and ok, admitted, maybe to party a bit in between…Normally we are not like that of course, we always work hard and are very serious..but sometimes it just [...]

She is not your typical model. She has her own international fashion blog, does styling and gives advice to different fashion brands, travels around the world for more than just photo shoots and even goes to school in between. On top of that she writes fashion items for The Quan magazine (that’s why we love [...]

Virgil van Dijk just made a move to Celtic FC. The tall, strong and very talented central defender  transferred from FC Groningen to the champion of Scotland last month. Here is the background story. It was the middle of november 2009 when Virgil van Dijk was scouted by FC Groningen. The young defender played for [...]

Dutch Tennis Champion under 18 Elke Tiel has been selected to represent The Netherlands at the European Championships under 18 in Klosters, Switzerland. The European Championships under 18 is an annual tournament where only the best players in Europe compete for the title of European Champion. Elke is eager to follow in the footsteps of [...]

Leandro Bacuna is 21 years old and was born in Groningen. His parents are from the Dutch Antilles. Believe it or not but both of them played for the national football team. His mother was a ravishing winger with scoring ability and his father, well his father is still famous on Curacao. Say the name [...]