Sport

Brussels becomes the European headquarters for e-sport

12 December 2019

The grouping of various European e-sport federations and associations is setting up in Brussels.

Belgians are Jiu-Jitsu champions!

28 November 2019

Belgian athletes excelled at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. This year's event, which took place in Abu Dhabi, was a great success for Belgian athletes, who won medal after medal!

Belgian athletes victorious in Dubai!

26 November 2019

The World Para Athletics Championship held in Dubai between 7 and 15 November was a success for Belgian athletes. In fact, our delegation secured four medals, one gold, two silver and one bronze.

The Devils make history!

22 November 2019

They did it! The Red Devils have made footballing history by beating Cyprus.

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.

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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