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Thousands of supporters gathered in Brussels' Grand Place on Tuesday to welcome home the Belgian Red Lions, who have been crowned world hockey champions.
Belgium's men's hockey team has won the World Cup - in a nail-biting final against the Netherlands that ended with a 3-2 penalty shootout.
Belgium's World Cup campaign prompted 150,000 people to try online betting for the first time, according to new figures from the Belgian Gambling Commission.
An estimated 40,000 fans lined the streets of Brussels and filled the Grand-Place on Sunday to cheer the Red Devils on their return from the World Cup in Russia.
The Red Devils will return to Belgium on Sunday for a homecoming open-top bus tour through Brussels, finishing with a big celebration in the Grand-Place, it has been confirmed.
A whole two weeks after they last met, Belgium and England will play each other again on Saturday to decide who comes third in the 2018 World Cup.
The Red Devils’ World Cup campaign is evidence of the growing use of English in Belgium, “and it’s very important that it happens”, according to Belgian economist and philosopher Philippe Van Pari
Belgium's World Cup challenge is over, with the Red Devils losing 1-0 to France in Saint-Petersburg on Tuesday night.
Three Walloon companies were among the 11 chosen by the Belgian authorities to back up the national football team at the World Cup in Russia this summer.
