BRUSSELS METRO LOSES BET

Brussels: Brussels commuters, heading to work the morning after Belgium’s painful World Cup loss to France, had to endure the French soccer anthem piped through the city’s metro on Wednesday.

The reason: not only did the national team lose 1- 0 in Tuesday’s semi- final but also the Brussels public transport authority lost a bet with its Parisian counterpart. Before the match, the two groups challenged each other on social media. If Belgium won, Paris would change signs at its Saint- Lazare station to “Saint Hazard” in honour of Belgian whirlwind midfielder Eden Hazard.

Brussels had to “treat” travellers to the anthem “Tous Ensemble.”