Halfway through the race there was not a crack to be seen, everything was still together. The nervousness gradually started to increase and it became immediately visible. When a group was breaking away, a few ladies in the peloton crashed. Optimal use was made of this. Ten riders formed the break of the day with … Read more
Football The Italian Anti-Doping Tribunal imposed a four-year ban on Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba on Thursday, the maximum penalty. Juventus confirmed this to the AFP news agency. Pogba will appeal against the ruling. At the beginning of December it was announced that the prosecutor of the Italian anti-doping agency demanded a four-year ban for the … Read more
Is the season now over for Club Brugge? Trainer Ronny Deila was asked the question after a cup match in which his team was virtually qualified for the cup final for seventy minutes, was then entitled to extra time for twenty minutes, but was finally eliminated in added time after a free kick in which … Read more
Jupiler Pro League Anderlecht has done a great job in the title battle. For the first time in almost six years, the Purple & White managed to win on the pitch of Club Brugge (1-2). For the people of Bruges, a nineteenth title gradually seems like a distant dream. There was a lot at stake … Read more
Justice The public prosecutor has asked for a five-year prison sentence for Dennis Burkas (49), better known as Dennis Black Magic. He is again on trial for rape, stalking and assault of several women. The Public Prosecution Service sees a high risk of recidivism and therefore asks for the maximum sentence, but Burkas himself maintains … Read more
Brazilian Dani Alves, former top footballer at FC Barcelona, among others, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison on Thursday for rape. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded nine years in prison against former Brazilian top footballer Dani Alves (40) on charges of sexual abuse. He is said to have raped a young woman in … Read more
drugs The court in Amsterdam has sentenced footballer Quincy Promes to six years in prison for his involvement in the large-scale smuggling of cocaine through the port of Antwerp. That happens in absentia, Promes has been living in Russia since 2021. The cocaine smuggling took place at the end of January 2020 via a container … Read more
In 2023, there were 66 complaints about wind turbine nuisance in Flanders. That is the largest number of complaints in the past seven years. This is evident from figures that Flemish Member of Parliament Johan Deckmyn (Vlaams Belang) requested from Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir (N-VA). In 2022 there were 51 complaints and … Read more
Oosterweel connection In Antwerp, work has started on a temporary highway that will accommodate traffic when the Merksem viaduct is demolished. The number of lanes in the direction of the Netherlands will decrease from four to three at the beginning of March. Parallel to the Antwerp Ring, a so-called “bypass” is being built as part … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. The number of young people with a migration background has doubled in twenty years Our country is rapidly becoming more diverse, and this will increase in the coming decades. “Diversity has become a basic feature of society.” … Read more