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Shoaib Akhtar initiates life-changing career opportunities for Pakistani footballers

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Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar initiated a life-changing career opportunity for 20 of Pakistan’s most outstanding football players. the initiative led by the Global Soccer Ventures (GSV) in collaboration with Jawan Sports Drive. The route to the United Kingdom and Ireland has now become unstoppable, according to a statement published in this regard, with Akhtar, … Read more

Maloney appointed Hibs boss

Shaun Maloney

GLASGOW: Hibernian appointed former Celtic and Aston Villa forward Shaun Maloney as the club’s new manager on Monday. Maloney succeeds Jack Ross after working as an assistant manager to Belgium boss Roberto Martinez for the past three years. The former Scottish international has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Easter Road. Read More: Australia’s Boyle sees … Read more

FM Qureshi to co-chair sixth round of Pakistan-EU Strategic Dialogue in Belgium

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is set to leave for Brussels today on a three-day visit at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Belgium Sophie Wilmes. Read more: Shah Mehmood Qureshi visited Oman to condole over the death of Sultan Qaboos During his stay in Belgium’s capital city, the foreign … Read more

Swiss lift Omicron 10-day quarantine

Swiss lift Omicron 10-day quarantine

BERN, Switzerland, Dec 3, 2021 (AFP) – Switzerland announced Friday it was dropping 10-day quarantine rules for people flying in from countries where the Omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected. The wealthy Alpine nation — one of Europe’s top skiing holiday destinations — said the rule no longer made sense now that the variant is also … Read more

How omicron is affecting Middle East markets

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DUBAI: The new Covid-19 variant, omicron, has prompted global economic concerns, as fears of its spread begin to affect stock markets and oil prices, Arab News reported. Saudi Arabia’s main market, the Tadawul All Share Index, opened 5.3 per cent lower on Sunday, trading near 10,700 points. The Dubai Financial Market was down 8.49 per cent in … Read more

France’s Flament trod unusual path to facing the All Blacks

France's Flament trod unusual path to facing the All Blacks

Living in Belgium, playing for an English university’s fifth team and working in Argentina for a year is not the most orthodox route to facing the All Blacks. On Saturday, lock Thibaud Flament is set to make his third international appearance as France host New Zealand in a highly-anticipated dress rehearsal for the opening game … Read more

Swiss pip Italy for World Cup ticket as Kane fires England to Qatar

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PARIS: European champions Italy missed out on automatic qualification for next year’s World Cup after being held to a goalless draw by Northern Ireland in Belfast on Monday, ceding the top spot in Group C to Switzerland who beat Bulgaria 4-0. The Italians needed to match Switzerland’s result to qualify directly but while Roberto Mancini’s … Read more

Four-goal Mbappe fires France to World Cup finals, Belgium also qualify

Kylian Mbappe

PARIS: World champions France booked their place at next year’s World Cup in Qatar in style as Kylian Mbappe fired in four goals in an 8-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan at the Parc des Princes on Saturday. Karim Benzema scored twice and there were further goals for Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann whose penalty marked his 42nd goal … Read more

Iran to discuss nuke topics with EU in Brussels

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday that Iran and the European Union will discuss nuclear topics in Brussels, capital of Belgium, in coming days. Making the remarks during his weekly press conference, Khatibzadeh said recent talks between Ali Bagheri, Iranian deputy foreign minister, and Enrique Mora, deputy secretary-general of the European External … Read more

Next year’s FIFA World Cup could be my last: Neymar Jr

Neymar Jr

Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr announced that the next year’s FIFA World Cup could be his career’s last tournament. Neymar has been part of the Brazil national football team for the past 11 years and has represented his country in more than 100 matches. He is currently the second-highest scorer with 69 goals for Brazil after … Read more

British teenager: The youngest person to fly around the world

British teenager: The youngest person to fly around the world

At the age of 18 years and 150 days, a British teenager became the youngest person to fly solo around the globe. Travis Ludlow left a Dutch airport on May 29 and returned 44 days later, making stops in Poland, Russia, the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Morocco, France, and … Read more

Zoo barred women after an affair with a chimpanzee

Because of the affair with a chimpanzee, a zoo banned women

In Belgium because of the affair with the chimpanzee, a zoo banned the women. For the past four years, Adie Timmermans visits the primate called Chita at the zoo in Antwerp and she builds up a strong bond with the chimpanzee. As she stated that: “I love that animal, and he loves me. I haven’t … Read more

World celebrates Pakistan’s Independence Day

Independence Day

ISLAMABAD: The 75th Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated on Saturday at various embassies and missions of the country across the world by holding flag hoisting ceremonies and exhibitions. The envoys of Pakistan in respective ceremonies hoisted the national flag, while the national anthem was played. The events were attended by the diplomatic community, officials … Read more

EDM festival Tomorrowland 2021 cancelled by Belgian officials due to COVID-19

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Tomorrowland 2021, one of the biggest electronic and dance music festivals in the world, is cancelled by Belgium authorities. According to Variety, the event scheduled for August 27-29 and September 3-5, had been facing disapproval, due to distress about the increasing cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant. While two weeks ago the Belgian national government … Read more

Belgium emphasizes on trade and relations with Pak, Philippe Bronchain

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Ambassador of Belgium to Pakistan Philippe Bronchain has said that trade, investment, economic and friendly relations between the two countries are very important to him and he has a mission to make these stronger. He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The LCCI President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh presented the address of … Read more