Sport

Stijn Desmet is the short track vice world champion

16 March 2023

The Belgian skater brought home the silver medal from the Short Track World Championships after coming second in the 1,000 metre race.

Medal record for Team Belgium at the European Athletics Indoor Championships

09 March 2023

With two golds, one silver and three bronzes, Belgian athletes brought back the biggest medal haul in the history of the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Bart Swings is the World Champion in the mass start

09 March 2023

At the World Speed Skating Championships, the Belgian easily dominated the mass start race to win the only title missing from his international record. He also won bronze in the 5,000 metres.

Kevin De Bruyne on the podium of the world's most powerful players

23 February 2023

According to the CIES Football Observatory, the Red Devil is currently the third most influential player on the planet.

Three bronze medals for Belgian judokas in a Grand Slam!

23 February 2023

After Jorre Verstraeten in the -60 kg and Mina Libeer in the -57 kg, Gabriella Willems also won a bronze medal in the -70 kg at the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv.

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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