Sport

Spa-Francorchamps plays host to Formula 1

25 August 2022

The 2022 Belgian Grand Prix: the highly anticipated 14th round of the season at the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

10 medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich

24 August 2022

The European Championships ended on a very honourable note for the Belgians who brought back 10 medals; 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

The invincible Nafissatou in the heptathlon

22 August 2022

By winning at the European championships once again, one month after bringing back gold from the World Championships, Nafissatou Thiam confirms her long-standing domination in this discipline.

Fantastic haul of medals at the Para-cycling Road World Championships

18 August 2022

Outstanding results at the Para-cycling Road World Championships for Belgian cyclists. Our compatriots have returned from Baie-Comeau in Canada with 8 medals, including 4 golds.

Five medals at the European Track Championships

18 August 2022

Lotte Kopecky won two gold medals, in the elimination race and the online race. Robbe Ghys took silver in the 40 km points race.

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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