Sport

Belgium wins Quidditch world championship

17 July 2025

No, you’re not dreaming: there is indeed a Quidditch world championship for Muggles and no, again, you’re not dreaming, Belgium can proudly boast that the title is theirs.

The Belgian Cats remain on top of Europe

01 July 2025

Belgium retained its Euro basketball title after another epic final against Spain.

Naples honours footballer Dries Mertens

19 June 2025

Dries Mertens, a Leuven footballer with 109 caps for the Belgian national team, has been made an honorary citizen of Naples.

Tennis: Two Belgians come out on top at the Rosmalen tournament

19 June 2025

On grass, Elise Mertens triumphed in the women's event and Zizou Bergs reached the second final of his career in the men's draw.

Karate: Quentin Mahauden wins the silver medal in Rabat!

12 June 2025

In the under 75 kg category, the Belgian karateka reaches the final of the international tournament in Rabat, Morocco.

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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