Sport

Tennis world honours Kim Clijsters

08 September 2016

Kim Clijsters has received a place in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, following Justine Henin.

Stoffel Vandoorne becomes one of McLaren-Honda's permanent drivers

03 September 2016

Stoffel Vandoorne has gained a place as one of the permanent drivers in the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team.

Belgian athletes win 6 medals at the Olympic Games in Brazil

21 August 2016

Belgian athletes gave outstanding performances at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Belgium enjoys considerable success at the European Inline Cup

24 July 2016

Belgian athletes enjoyed considerable success at the European Inline Cup, which was held from 23 until 30 July in the Netherlands.

Belgium wins 3 medals in the European athletics championships

06 July 2016

Belgium won 3 medals at the European athletics championships in Amsterdam. Thomas Van der Plaetsen and the Belgian Tornados both won a gold medal.

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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