Sport

Four Belgian medallists at the European Judo Championships

04 May 2022

It is the biggest haul of medals collected by the Belgian delegation for nearly 20 years, with four judokas climbing onto the podium at the European Judo Championships.

Vincent Kompany enters the "Hall of Fame"

03 May 2022

The former captain of the Red Devils also sported the colours of Manchester City, a club with which he won many trophies.

Cycling: Belgian triple at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

28 April 2022

After a blistering attack with less than 30 km to go, Remco Evenepoel won the most beautiful victory of his young career with great style. Two other Belgians joined him on this historical podium.

Xavier Simeon wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans Motos

21 April 2022

The Brussels rider won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Suzuki for the second year in a row.

Tennis: David Goffin wins the Marrakech tournament

13 April 2022

With his triumph at the Grand Prix Hassan II, the ATP 250 tournament in Morocco, the Belgian tennis player is gaining confidence at the start of the clay-court season and has rejoined the world's

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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