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FC Brussels suspended one of its own players Monday because of a career-threatening foul on an opponent. The club banned Ivory Coast forward Sydney Kargbo for the rest of the year after Brussels's 3-1 loss to Kortrijk on Sunday in the Belgian Cup. Kargbo was sent off after lunging forward at full speed with both feet toward the legs of Jimmy Hempte. The Kortrijk player was able to continue but ...

The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are ready to begin a campaign to jointly stage the 2018 World Cup, the organizer of the 2000 European Championship said Monday. ``We will certainly enter our bid during the month of January,'' said Alain Courtois, the organizer of the 2000 European Championship, which was co-hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium. ``We have a good opportunity,'' said Courtois on the Actua TV network. He said ...

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti isn't worried that his team has only scored one goal in four Serie A games ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match against Anderlecht. Striker Alberto Gilardino hasn't scored for Milan for 699 minutes in all competitions, so Ricardo Oliveira could partner Filippo Inzaghi in attack for the Group H match at the Vanden Stock Stadium. ``We have to find different options because we've been playing ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ Former Belgium goalkeeper Michel Preud'homme took over as Standard Liege coach Thursday, a day after Dutchman Johan Boskamp was fired. Standard Liege, which hasn't won the league title in 23 years, has started the season with two defeats and two draws. The club was also eliminated from the Champions League by Steau Bucharest. Boskamp was fired after only four league games and replaced by Preud'homme, who ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ A match-fixing scandal in the Belgian soccer league spread to top first division club Anderlecht on Friday when the team fired two players believed to have been involved in the scheme. The team announced that it was firing Romanian midfielder Marius Mitu and Belgian defender Laurent Delorge, who were questioned by police and justice investigators on Thursday for their role in an alleged Chinese betting ring, ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ Lierse SK on Thursday fired two players and an assistant coach linked to match-fixing allegations. Police had questioned players Cliff Mardulier and Laurent Fassotte and assistant coach Patrick Deman on Wednesday after a complaint from Lierse. Lierse chairman Leo Theyskens had suspended the three earlier Thursday, but he fired them hours later after saying the allegations merited on-the-spot dismissal. The daily De Standaard reported Thursday that ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ Belgium's soccer federation said Monday it was launching a full investigation into allegations of match-fixing in seven matches this season involving La Louviere of the First Division. Rene Verstringhe, who leads the federation's investigations team, said it was opening a probe after VRT television on Sunday aired a monthlong investigation into the allegations. The program claimed 14 players and coaches from several teams were linked to ...