Two early-morning blasts at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport has left at least 28 dead and dozens more injured, according to CNN.com, with further casualties following a later explosion at Maelbeek metro station.
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Belgium is scheduled to play Portugal in a friendly next Tuesday in Brussels as part of its preparations for Euro 2016, and manager Marc Wilmots’ team is together for a training camp leading up to the match.
But the football association confirmed in a statement via its social media channels that training would not take place because of Tuesday’s still unfolding events.
The statement, which was posted in Dutch, French and English, read: “Our thoughts are with the victims. Football is not important today. Training cancelled.”
