•Spain’s midfielder Mikel Merino celebrates goal against Belgium with teammates, yesterday European champions Spain defeated Belgium 2-1 to set up a heavyweight World Cup semi-final showdown with France yesterday. The stunning finish at SoFi Stadium sets up a tantalising showdown between European champions Spain and the tournament favourites,...
•Spain’s forward Lamine Yamal (L) and Belgium’s forward Leandro Trossard (R) European champions Spain are on a World Cup collision course with Kylian Mbappe’s France if they can beat Belgium in the quarter-finals today. At the spectacular SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the Belgians face the daunting task of breaking through a Spanish...
Fired-up Belgium brought the United States’ World Cup party to a shuddering halt yesterday, thrashing the tournament co-hosts 4-1 to set up a quarter-final showdown with Spain. Charles De Ketelaere scored twice, Hans Vanaken punished a goalkeeping howler, and substitute Romelu Lukaku added a fourth to settle a last-16 clash that had been overs...
•Youri Tielemans of Belgium celebrates goal against Senegal with teammate Nicolas Raskin, yesterday Youri Tielemans scored the latest winner in World Cup history as Belgium mounted an incredible comeback from two goals down to beat Senegal 3-2 and qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup yesterday. Senegal appeared on course for a first [&hel...
•Iran defenders Shojae Khalilzadeh, Hossein Kanani and Belgium’s midfielder Kevin De Bruyne fight for the ball during the match, yesterday Belgium were held to a scoreless draw by Iran in a frustrating encounter Sunday that saw the Red Devils reduced to 10 men and facing the possibility of group-stage elimination for a second straight World [...
Belgium and Egypt drew 1-1 in their World Cup opener today after a second-half Belgian equalizer spoiled Mohamed Salah’s 34th birthday. Emam Ashour opened the scoring early in the first half in Seattle, before Romelu Lukaku came off the bench after the hour to force Egypt’s Mohamed Hany into an own goal. With the draw, […]
•National strike called by trade unions of railway public transport, in Brussels, today Belgium steeled itself for closed schools and disrupted train and air travel as three days of strikes kicked off today in protest at government austerity plans aimed at shrinking the national debt. The movement is planned in three waves: trains and other [...
•Dries Mertens A former Belgium forward, Dries Mertens, has announced his retirement from football, with his contract at Galatasaray due to expire at the end of this month. The 38-year-old said he was hanging up his boots in a video posted on social media yesterday, but would play in an exhibition match organised by his […]
•Rwandan police officers monitor as men believed to be Romanian military contractors line up to undergo a security inspection before crossing the border into Rwanda at the La Corniche Border Post in Gisenyi today Belgium today warned its citizens against travelling to DR Congo, as Brussels Airlines scrapped a flight to Kinshasa after violent ...
•Sex workers Belgium has enacted a law that grants sex workers the same rights and protections as other workers. The legislation, signed into law yesterday, ensures that sex workers are entitled to maternity leave, pensions, and legal safeguards against exploitation, reports BBC. This decision followed widespread protests in 2022, during which...

