Belgium moves football friendly, UEFA has Euro 'contingency plans'
Source: AFP
Brussels (AFP) - Belgium on Wednesday moved a friendly international against Portugal away from Brussels after the militant attacks on the city while UEFA said it has "contingency plans" for the European Championships in France.
But Europe's governing body and the French government insisted that Euro 2016 will go ahead and there will be no games behind closed doors.
Belgium, the world's top ranked team, had been due to play Portugal in Brussels next Tuesday.
But a day after the attacks on Brussels airport and the city metro in which 31 people died, the Belgian federation said the match had been called off for "security reasons."
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