The Red Devils have qualified for the Football World Cup 2018 in Russia. The Belgian national football team was assured of a place following a 2-1 victory against Greece in the third-last qualifier.
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.
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.