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Belgium's Kompany returns after calf injury
Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany will return from a two-month injury layoff and start for Belgium in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against ...
Boonen's knee injury won't keep him out of Ronde
Tom Boonen will compete in this week's 3 Days of De Panne despite a swollen right knee because the Belgian champion needs competition to prepare him ...
Sagan wins Ghent-Wevelgem with late break
Peter Sagan made a solo breakaway with four kilometers (2.5 miles) to go to win the Ghent-Wevelgem classic on Sunday and extend his lead in the ...
Cyprus talks to continue; no deal yet
Cyprus officials and international representatives ended torturous negotiation in the early hours of Sunday with no agreement on a plan to raise money ...
Belgium beats Macedonia 2-0 in WCup qualifier
Goals from Kevin de Bruyne and Eden Hazard led Belgium to a 2-0 win at Macedonia in World Cup qualifying on Friday. The result puts Belgium level with ...
Belgian convicted in 4 deaths _ 2 of them babies
A 24-year-old Belgian man was convicted Friday and sentenced to life in prison for four murders, including the slashing deaths of two babies at a day ...
Cancellara wins E3 Harelbeke in dominating style
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland broke away with 35 kilometers (22 miles) to go and won his third E3 Harelbeke WorldTour classic in the past four ...
Bolt to run in Brussels meet on Sept. 6
Usain Bolt will run in the Diamond League meet in Brussels on Sept. 6, three weeks after the world championships in Moscow. The IAAF says the Jamaican ...
Challenge for pope in Europe's dwindling church
The church is made of rusty steel beams separated by gaps, and its austere beauty won it an international prize. Yet the eerie desolation of the ...
FIFA medical chief against summer 2022 World Cup
FIFA's medical chief is against holding the 2022 World Cup in the summer heat of the desert nation Qatar. Michel D'Hooghe added a strong voice on ...
FIFA medical chief against summer 2020 World Cup
FIFA's medical chief says he is against organizing the 2020 World Cup in the summer heat of the desert nation Qatar. Michel D'Hooghe's opinion on ...
Cyprus bailout likely closer to $13BN
A bailout package for Cyprus and its troubled financial sector would likely be closer to €10 billion ($13 billion) than the earlier floated €17 ...
Snow ties up European planes, trains, roads
Frankfurt's airport closed, trains stopped running under the English Channel, and the French army was ordered to help clear roads — all because of a ...
French official: Syrian rebels need arms
The European Union will soon have to consider allowing munitions to be funneled to the outgunned Syrian rebels fighting to overthrow the regime of ...
India police stop immolation bid by Tibetan exile
Police in India prevented a Tibetan man from setting himself on fire as hundreds of Tibetan exiles gathered Sunday to mark the anniversary of a failed ...
Angry steel workers block Belgian-Dutch border
Hundreds of Belgian steel workers are blocking a busy border crossing between Belgium and the Netherlands to protest against planned job cuts by ...
EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact
The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet ...
EU pushes ahead with bonus cap despite UK concerns
Britain stood isolated against a broad majority of European Union countries Tuesday in refusing to back legislation that would strictly limit bankers' ...
Belgian finance minister resigns amid accusations
Belgian Finance Minister Steven Vanackere resigned Tuesday after a series of scandals shed a bad light on his party's financial dealings with a bank ...
Diplomat: UK isolated in EU in opposing bonus caps
Britain is isolated in the European Union in opposing strict caps on bankers' bonuses, a European diplomat said Friday, in a dispute that could lead ...
EU agrees to limit banker bonuses
Top European Union officials have agreed to slap a strict limit on bankers' bonuses, which have been blamed for encouraging the risk-taking behavior ...