Sport

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.

Belgian Justin Verboomen Named World's Best Rider

12 November 2025

As the undisputed leader in dressage competitions in 2025, Belgian rider Justin Verboomen has been named the world's best equestrian athlete by the International Equestrian Federation.

Belgian athlete finishes second in the world's most extreme freeride MTB competition

07 November 2025

In the United States, Belgian Thomas Genon stood on the podium at the Rampage, the holy grail of freeride MTB.

Sarah Chaâri is once again the world taekwondo champion

29 October 2025

After her first title in 2022, Sarah Chaâri has now claimed the ultimate world championship in the under-73 kg category in 2025.

A Belgian player wins the Junior Masters

28 October 2025

Jeline Vandromme wins the most important international junior tournament of the year.

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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