BELGIUM 🇧🇪 V SWEDEN ABANDONED MATCH TO COUNT AS DRAW

Reuters 

Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifier at home to Sweden will count as a 1-1 draw after Monday's match was suspended at halftime and later abandoned following the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels earlier in the day.

In statement on Thursday, UEFA said its Executive Committee had ruled the match would not be replayed and that the score would stand, with each team awarded a point in Group F.

"To take the mentioned decision, the Executive Committee took note that it had proved impossible to play the remaining part of the match on the following day," a statement read.

"Both the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Swedish Football Association, given the circumstances, explicitly expressed their desire not to play the remaining match time and to consider the result at the halftime interval (1-1) as final."

FA TO REVIEW LIGHTING AT WEMBLEY ARCH IN ISRAELI COLOURS AFTER CRITICISM

Reuters 

The Football Association (FA) said it would be reviewing whether to light Wembley's arch in blue and white in solidarity with Israel after receiving criticism for not doing so last week, CEO Mark Bullingham said on Thursday.

Wembley, the home of England's national football team, has previously lit up its iconic arch with the colours of Ukraine, Turkey and other countries in solidarity.

However, it did not do so for Israel following attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct. 7 ahead of England games against Australia and Italy. The decision was criticised by the British government and by the Israel Football Association president Moshe Zuares.

Bullingham said the English governing body had immediately conveyed its horror at the attacks to the Israeli FA and had sought guidance from experts before deciding to wear black armbands and have a minute's silence at the games to mark the conflict.

FIFA PRESIDENT INFANTINO OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO IN LETTER TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE FA'S

Reuters 

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wrote to the Israel and Palestine Football Associations on Friday, offering his condolences over the "horrendous violence" in the past week in a conflict that has taken over 2,700 lives so far.

Hamas militants killed more than 1,300 Israelis in their attack on Saturday. In response, Israeli air strikes have killed more than 1,400 people in Gaza so far, authorities there said.

UEFA POSTPONES ALL MATCHES IN ISRAEL AFTER WAR DECLARATION

AP

UEFA has decided to postpone all matches scheduled in Israel over the next two weeks with new dates to be confirmed later, the governing body said on Sunday.

Israel declared war on Sunday, following an attack by Hamas militants that killed hundreds.

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