The Moroccan football team also retained its 34th place, which is also fifth position in the African pecking order.
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European football’s governing body said it had agreed the increase from 23 players “to mitigate the risks of teams facing a shortage of available players for certain matches due to possible positive Covid-19 test results and subsequent quarantine measures”.
The 24-year-old has represented the Netherlands twice at senior level, having played in a UEFA Nations League game against Germany as well as scoring in a friendly against Belgium.
The matches were played on Wednesday.
In the match at the King Baudouin Stadium, Holmbert Fridjonsson gave Iceland an early lead.
The 24-year-old scored five goals in 76 appearances for the Serie A side, who he joined from Genk in 2017.
De Bruyne, known as “the Belgian Pele” in his homeland, did not join up with the rest of the squad when they assembled in Belgium on Tuesday to prepare for matches against Denmark in Copenhagen on Saturday and then Iceland in Brussels next Tuesday.
The Belgian club has been trying to sign the forward for weeks and negotiations finally concluded earlier this week.
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has extended his contract through to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, ending weeks of speculation about a new deal, Belgian media reported on Saturday.
Premier League side, Everton FC, have joined battle for the signature of Lille striker Victor Osimhen, with Carlo Ancelotti and Brendan Rodgers keen on the Ligue 1 goal-machine.
Having already signed one of Belgium Jupiler Pro League’s star players in Sander Berge, United have been heavily tipped to return for another one of its leading lights.
Club Brugge have been declared Belgian champions after the remainder of the country’s professional league season was cancelled on Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Laboratory staff in Belgium have confirmed a case of COVID-19 transmission from human to animal, after a man who contracted the disease infected his pet cat, an official said.
Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan said Turkey has suspended flights to nine European countries, including Germany, as part of its measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed that January signing Odion Ighalo is in contention to start the first leg of Manchester United’s Europa League last-32 game against Club Bruges on Thursday.
This was in Euro 2020 qualifying match on Monday.
Chelsea have reportedly informed Real Madrid that a £130 million bid is required to open contact talks with Eden Hazard.
Belgium’s former king Albert II must pay a daily penalty of 5,000 Euros ($5,602) if he refuses to carry out a DNA test to establish whether he is the father of artist Delphine Boel, a court ruled on Thursday.
All flights to and from Brussels airport were cancelled between 9:30am (0730 GMT) and 1pm on Thursday due to an air traffic controllers strike, Belgium’s main international airport announced.
At a time when Europe’s relationship with Africa is high on foreign policy and developmental agendas and with the European Union beginning to deliver on its 2017 External Investment Plan, targeted at attracting investment and job creation in Africa, the Tony Elumelu Foundation brought together leading stakeholders in the development finance sector at a case study session in the EU capital, Belgium.