Sport

Remco Evenepoel takes historical second gold medal

07 August 2024

Belgian phenomenon Remco Evenepoel has achieved the historical feat of winning not one but two gold medals at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Olympic Games: Bronze for Lotte Kopecky

07 August 2024

At the end of a road race that was anyone's game right up to the finish, the Belgian cyclist took third place by the narrowest of margins.

Olympic Games: Gabriella Willems wins the bronze medal

01 August 2024

After a magnificent performance, the Belgian judoka offers a third medal to Belgium.

Gold and bronze for Belgium in the Olympic time trial

01 August 2024

Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert have proven their “hors catégorie” status as time triallists at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, earning Belgium its first two medals.

Evenepoel’s historical first Tour de France

24 July 2024

Remco Evenepoel has shown once again that Belgians know how to ride bicycles, making the Tour’s annals a little more black, yellow and red.

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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