Sport

Belgium beaten by the Netherlands in the EuroHockey Championships

27 August 2017

The Belgian men's and women's teams both took a silver medal in the European Hockey Championships. In the final the Red Lions and Panthers both came up against the stronger Dutch team.

Nafi Thiam makes Belgian sporting history at the World Athletics Championships

06 August 2017

Nafissatou Thiam has won the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in London. In doing so, she won Belgium's first ever golden medal in the athletics world championships.

Victor Campenaerts is European time trial champion

03 August 2017

Victor Campenaerts has cycled his way into the history books in the EC time trials.

Belgium wins 24 medals at the World Games

01 August 2017

The Belgian delegation has won 24 medals at the World Games in the Polish city of Wrocław.

Romelu Lukaku most expensive Belgian sportsman of all time

13 July 2017

Belgian footballers are among the most expensive athletes in the world. This has been highlighted yet again by Romelu Lukaku's transfer to Manchester United.

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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