Sport

Belgian top performance at the Cyclo-Cross World Championships

29 January 2017

Belgium took two gold medals at the Cyclo-Cross World Championships held in Bieles in Luxembourg.

Bart Swings skates for a bronze medal at the European championships

08 January 2017

Bart Swings has won the bronze medal for all-round skating at the European championships in Herenveen in the Netherlands.

Wendy Jans once again world champion snooker

12 December 2016

For the fifth consecutive time, Wendy Jans won the World Snooker Championship for amateurs. In Doha, Qatar she defeated the Indian Amee Kamani in the finale with 5-0.

Laurens Devos hailed as Paralympic table tennis player of the year

08 December 2016

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has hailed Laurens Devos as the Paralympic table tennis player of the year.

Toon Aerts surprises at European Cyclo-cross Championships

30 October 2016

Surprisingly, Toon Aerts won the European cyclo-cross championships in the elite men's category in the French city of Pontchâteau.

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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