Sport

Belgian bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics

14 February 2022

First medal for Belgium at the Beijing Olympics as Hanne Desmet wins bronze in the 1,000 m short track final.

Paris Grand Slam: Gold and Bronze for the Belgian judokas

10 February 2022

With a gold won by Toma Nikiforov (-100 kg), and a bronze for Sami Chouchi (-81 kg), Belgium put in a great performance at one of the biggest judo events of the season.

Matthias Casse becomes the number 1 in the world in Judo

03 February 2022

By winning the Portuguese Judo Grand Prix, Matthias Casse climbed to the top of the world rankings in the under 81 kg category.

High hopes for the 2022 Winter Olympics

03 February 2022

The world's best winter sports athletes will meet in Beijing from 4 to 20 February 2022.

Thomas Vermaelen, a Devil at heart

01 February 2022

The emblematic Red Devils defender with 85 selections has ended his soccer career to join the staff of the Belgian national team.

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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