Sport

A not very traditional Tour of Flanders.

09 April 2020

Greg Van Avermaet won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, 5 April. Even though the famous cycling classic wasn't really a classic...

The successes keep on coming for Evenepoel

26 February 2020

2019 was kind to the young athlete from Brabant, and 2020 is looking set to be equally positive!

Matthias Casse, world number 1

13 February 2020

The 22-year-old judoka has won the gold medal at the Grand Slam in Paris. It had been ten years since a Belgian last won at this Grand Slam.

The Belgian Remco Evenepoel wins in Argentina

11 February 2020

Remco Evenepoel stood out from the competition during the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina, facing his challenges calmly.

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.

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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