Sport

Boxing: Ryad Merhy retains his world championship belt

22 July 2021

The Belgian was defending his world cruiserweight title for the first time. He knocked out his opponent in the eighth round at the King Baudouin Stadium.

Wout van Aert finishes the Tour de France in style

22 July 2021

Our Belgian champion had three stage wins in the Tour de France and they were important ones.

Joachim Gérard triumphs at Wimbledon

15 July 2021

By winning the men's singles final of the Wimbledon wheelchair event, the Belgian earned a second Grand Slam title following his victory at the Australian Open earlier this year.

Elise Mertens wins her third Grand Slam title at Wimbledon

15 July 2021

The Belgian, partnered with Taiwanese player Su-Wei Hsieh, has won the British Grand Slam tennis tournament.

Two silver medals at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

08 July 2021

The best teams in acrobatic gymnastics gathered in Geneva, and in the men's pair and women's group categories, the Belgians left with the titles of vice world champions.

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 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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