Sport

A Belgian crowned world champion in three-cushion billiards

11 April 2022

Frédéric Caudron has been crowned world champion for the fourth time in his professional career.

Skating: Belgium shines again

31 March 2022

Loena Hendrickx won a silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier, France.

The Belgian Tornados take gold!

24 March 2022

The relay team composed of Julien Watrin, Alexander Doom and Dylan and Kevin Borlée have become world champions of the 4x400m relay in Belgrade.

A Belgian world pentathlon champion

23 March 2022

Noor Vidts was crowned world champion after winning gold in the pentathlon of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

Medals galore at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

17 March 2022

Belgian gymnasts put on a particularly fine performance at the World Championships in Baku. They leave Azerbaijan with ten medals, including seven gold, in the acrobatic gymnastics competitions!

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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