Sport

EMMA MEESSEMAN, BELGIAN BASKETBALL PERFORMER

18 October 2019

At the age of 26, the young player from Ypres has won the title of Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the WNBA final.

BRONZE MEDAL FOR OUR TORNADOS!

07 October 2019

The Belgian Tornados came 3rd in the 4x400m relay race at the world championships in Doha, after Jamaica and the United States.

NAFI THIAM TAKES SILVER IN DOHA

04 October 2019

The 17th edition of the World Athletics Championships with, in order, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Nafissatou Thiam and Verena Preiner, brings us an all-European women's top 3.

Eden Hazard in FIFA's Team of the Year

27 September 2019

The Best FIFA Football Awards gala evening took place in Milan's La Scala. Eden Hazard is the only Red Devil to make the Eleven of the Year in 2019.

A string of victories for Remco Evenepoel!

26 September 2019

19-year-old Remco Evenepoel has won time trial silver at Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.

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 Greg Van Avermaet in cycling, not forgetting our formidable Red Devils and their international stars such as Kevin De Bruyne or Eden Hazard.

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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