Sport

World Championship gold for Belgian cheerleaders

30 April 2025

Those wondering which country dominates the sport of cheerleading need look no further than Belgium, whose team took gold at the world championship in Orlando.

Matthias Casse secures podium finish at the European Judo Championships!

30 April 2025

The Belgian judoka finished third at the European Championships, winning the fifth European medal of his career.

Magnificent 1-2 at the European Running Championships

17 April 2025

Chloé Herbiet and Juliette Thomas won gold and silver respectively in the half-marathon at the European Running Championships.

Lotte Kopecky sets new record in Belgian race

10 April 2025

Lotte Kopecky has become the first cyclist to win the ladies’ Tour of Flanders three times by beating everyone to the line in the race’s 22nd edition.

A Belgian vice-champion of Europe at the 800M in Apeldoorn

18 March 2025

The athletics season has begun. In this new edition, 25 athletes competed to proudly represent the colours of Belgium.

In Belgium, sporting passion is black-yellow-red

Who could forget the performances of our champions? Eddy Merckx, nicknamed The Cannibal with his extraordinary record, Stefan Everts and his ten motocross world championship titles and Jacky Ickx, six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. These are just some of our sporting legends like Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, former tennis number ones with no less than 11 Grand Slam titles between them.

Nafissatou Thiam

Today, those who make us dream include Nafissatou Thiam on the athletics track and Remco Evenepoel in cycling, not forgetting our formidable Red Devils and their international stars such as Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku or Thibaut Courtois.

Red Devils

Alongside the achievements of our sporting ambassadors above, Belgium can also pride itself on organising major sporting events. The Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix in Formula 1, the great cycling classics such as the Tour of Flanders and Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Memorial Van Damme in athletics, are all examples of unmissable annual meetings…

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