Belgium soccer team

Police and armed forces secure the town center in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Authorities locked along the Belgian money on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing a number of people and injuring a lot more. Belgium increased its terror aware of its highest level, diverting showing up airplanes and trains and ordering individuals to remain where they were. Airports across Europe tightened up protection. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Belgium's national team labeled as off a practice program in Brussels on Tuesday following the city was hit by bomb attacks.

"Our thoughts are because of the victims. Football just isn't crucial these days, " the Belgian soccer federation had written in a Twitter message. "Training cancelled."

Belgium will host Portugal in an agreeable match next Tuesday in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, in which the training ended up being planned for 4:30 p.m. (1530 GMT). The overall game is a warmup both for groups ahead of in 2010's European Championship.

Belgium captain Vincent Kompany typed on Twitter he had been "horrified and revolted" because of the assaults.

"If only for Brussels to behave with dignity. We are all hurting, yet we ought to reject hate and its own preachers. Since hard as it might be. (hashtag)Brussels, " Kompany had written.

The Portuguese soccer federation stated it had been in contact with Belgian authorities about protection arrangements for match.

Three explosions early Tuesday on Brussels airport as well as the Maelbeek metro section near eu workplaces were known as horror assaults by Belgian authorities. At least 31 people died and around 190 were wounded.

The Islamic State team advertised obligation for the attacks.

One international football player was at the Zavantem airport where two explosions were reported. Norwich ahead Dieumerci Mbokani, who's from Congo, was "unharmed but shaken by the tragic events, " the English club stated in a statement.

Mbokani had been going to household in Brussels, in which he played for Anderlecht for 2 seasons until 2013.

The Antwerp Giants baseball staff, including a number of US people, has also been on airport for a flight to Italy to try out an European countries Cup quarterfinal online game on Wednesday.

Brad Waldow, a 24-year-old center who starred at Saint Mary's university in Ca, stated he'd already been with teammate Kwame Vaughn when you look at the departure hall nearby the scene of an explosion minutes before it happened.

Waldow told The related Press he sensed a poor atmosphere as they had been waiting in-line buying meals, and persuaded Vaughn, a 25-year-old Cal State Fullerton alumni, they need to proceed through a protection check. Your decision suggested the two men relocated more from the scene for the subsequent blast.

"we said to him, 'One thing simply appears off right here, the vibe. It does not seem right, '" Waldow said in a telephone meeting from Antwerp. "we ended up convincing him, 'Hey, let's go.'"

Waldow stated he and Vaughn were "a hundred or so legs" from for the explosions. They joined crowds of people running all the way through the air port as some people dropped and were trampled on as though in a "a post-apocalyptic motion picture, " he stated.

The group had been reunited within an hour or so after people were taken by coach to a nearby sports arena, said Waldow, a Sacramento area native.

"The Giants delegation had just kept the departure hall this morning when the bombs exploded, " the club stated in a statement. "luckily, every person ended up being unhurt but couldn't get onto the planned journey."

The group today intends to travel from Paris on Wednesday for a rescheduled match against Varese 1 day later.

Belgium happens to be on high horror alert ahead of biking's top period for one-day classic roadway events, including the journey of Flanders on April 3.

The springtime period begins Wednesday with all the Dwars door Vlaanderen (around Flanders) race, which takes care of a 200-kilometer (124-mile) course around Waregem in west Belgium.

Organizers found with authorities on Tuesday and later stated in a declaration the second-tier race would just do it as in the pipeline.

"for minute, Dwars door Vlaanderen takes destination (Wednesday), inspite of the terrorist attacks that took place in Brussels on Tuesday morning, " the statement stated. "The organizers mourn with all the sufferers among these terrible functions. More info in due time."