Sport

The Belgian Cats on their way to Tokyo

10 February 2020

The Belgian national women's basketball team, the Belgian Cats, have won their qualifying match against Sweden.

Van Snick on the podium in Tel Aviv

06 February 2020

Belgian judoka Charline Van Snick won the bronze medal in the under 52 kg category at the Tel Aviv Grand Prix, the first international judo tournament of the year.

Toon Aerts wins the Cyclo-cross World Cup

28 January 2020

Belgian racing cyclist Toon Aerts has won the Cyclo-cross World Cup for the second year in a row.

A Belgian enjoys an unprecedented achievement in alpine skiing

09 January 2020

Aged 22, Armand Marchant finished 5th in the Zagreb slalom in Croatia. Never has a Belgian skier done better in a World Cup event.

Brussels becomes the European headquarters for e-sport

12 December 2019

The grouping of various European e-sport federations and associations is setting up in Brussels.

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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