Sport

Three Belgian runners break world record

31 October 2024

The recent Backyard world championship saw three Belgians break an ultra-running record.

Belgian crosses Alps and addresses climate change

10 October 2024

Belgian mountaineer and long-distance hiker Sander Van Poeck has successfully crossed the Alps from East to West.

Lotte Kopecky defends her world championship title

03 October 2024

Belgian elite cyclist and defending world champion Lotte Kopecky has earned herself another year in the rainbow jersey.

Belgian Red Lion John-John Dohmen retires

26 September 2024

John-John Dohmen has announced his retirement from the Belgian Red Lions, the country’s hockey squad.

After the Olympics, Remco takes the World

25 September 2024

Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel’s magnificent year continues with a gold medal in time trialling at the world cycling championships.

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, Romelu Lukaku or Thibaut Courtois.

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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