Belgium end year ranked ahead of world champions France
ZURICH: Belgium will end the year as No. 1 ahead of world champions France in the global rankings released by FIFA on Thursday. Belgium, beaten by France in the World Cup semi-finals, edge…
Belgium win maiden hockey World Cup
BHUBANESWAR: Belgium won a tense penalty shootout 3-2 against three-times champions Netherlands to win their first men’s hockey World Cup title at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium on Sunday. A goalless stalemate in regulation…
Belgium thrash England to reach hockey World Cup final
England lost a third consecutive men’s Hockey World Cup semi-final as they were thrashed 6-0 by Belgium in India. Belgium took an early lead when Florent van Aubel’s cross was deflected in…
Hockey World Cup: Belgium knockout Pakistan
BHUBANESWAR: Belgium thrashed Pakistan 5-0 in the ongoing Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar in a must-win match played between the two teams to secure a place during the quarter-final of the tournament. The first…
VIDEO: Shopkeeper asks robbers to come back for more money, gets them arrested
A group of six “not-so-smart” robbers in Belgium have been termed “the dumbest robbers” after falling for a trick so simple that it will leave you in fits. In an unsuccessful robbery…
Belgian maintenance worker accidentally destroys F-16 jet with Vulcan cannon
An F-16 fighter jet exploded into flames on a Belgian airstrip after a maintenance worker accidentally pulled the trigger of a Vulcan cannon while working on another plane parked nearby, according to local reports. The…
Pakistan gets its first nomination for Madella Award
Deputy Secretary of the Women Sports Commission in Pakistan Olympic Association Ada Jaffery made the nation proud by being the first Pakistani woman nominated for Madella Award in Lausanne, Switzerland at The…
Ex-Catalan leader returns to Belgium from Germany after extradition bid fails
MADRID: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returned from Germany to Belgium on Saturday after Spain failed in an attempt to extradite him from Germany on charges of rebellion over an illegal declaration…
Ex-Catalan leader returns to Belgium from Germany after extradition bid fails
MADRID: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returned from Germany to Belgium on Saturday after Spain failed in an attempt to extradite him from Germany on charges of rebellion over an illegal declaration…
Belgium capture third place with decisive win over England
–Three Lions ‘take home’ nothing SAINT PETERSBURG: Belgium achieved their best World Cup finish as goals from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard secured a 2-0 victory over England in Saturday’s third-place playoff in…
Dejected England, Belgium aim to leave World Cup on a high
SAINT PETERSBURG: England manager Gareth Southgate admits the World Cup third-place play-off is a game that no team wants to play, but Saturday´s match against Belgium offers the chance to finish the…
FIFA World Cup: What went wrong for Belgium and England?
We now have our two finalists for the FIFA World Cup final which will be played on Sunday. On Saturday though, Belgium and England, the two losing semi-finalists take on each other…
France eye World Cup final but Belgium have Henry factor
SAINT PETERSBURG: World Cup favourites France, targeting the final in Russia two decades after their 1998 triumph, said Monday one of their greatest players, Thierry Henry, would feel torn as he plotted…
All European clashes in store as FIFA World Cup reaches final four
MOSCOW: By the time the final two quarterfinals were being played out six teams remained in the tournament, all of which were from Europe. While South American sides have traditionally not done…
French icon Henry plots his country’s downfall
ST PETERSBURG: The irony of Thierry Henry, one of France’s all-time soccer greats, plotting his own country’s downfall at the World Cup in Russia has not been lost on his former teammate…
2018 FIFA World Cup: Belgium the “dark horses”? No more
LAHORE: The Red Devils are proving their doubters wrong with strong showings in this world cup, winning every single game of the group stages fairly easily and consequently topping Group G ahead…
World Cup: Belgium beat Brazil to meet France in semi-final
KAZAN: Belgium produced a brilliant performance to knock five-time winners Brazil out of the World Cup and reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1986. Roberto Martinez’s side turned on the…