Sport

Tom Boon voted best hockey player in the world for 2025

04 December 2025

Tom Boon is the third Red Lion to receive this "Player of the Year" accolade, after John-John Dohmen (2016) and Arthur Van Doren (2017 and 2018).

Laurens Devos, European champion for the fifth time in a row

28 November 2025

Table tennis player Laurens Devos won gold in the singles (Class 9) at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden, extending his European reign.

Great run for Belgium in the Davis Cup

25 November 2025

After knocking out France in the quarter-finals, Belgium's tennis players were narrowly beaten by Italy in the semi-finals of this major tournament, bringing together the world's top eight t

Belgian skier achieves a historic feat

24 November 2025

Armand Marchant has finished second in the slalom. Never before has a Belgian reached an Alpine Ski World Cup podium.

Loena Hendrickx wins figure skating bronze in Japan

19 November 2025

Back at the highest level, the Belgian skater won over both the Japanese audience and the judging panel with her free programme.

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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