Sport

Delfine Persoon retains her title of world champion

04 June 2016

Last Saturday 4 June, Delfine Persoon, WBC world champion in the lightweight class, retained her title in her home town of Roeselare against the Dominican Christina Linardatou.

Belgium back in Formula 1

03 April 2016

Stoffel Vandoorne gave an outstanding performance in his debut race.

Wout van Aert is world champion cyclo-cross

02 February 2016

Last Sunday Wout van Aert (BE) became world champion cyclo-cross of male elite cyclists.

Red Devils top FIFA rankings

05 November 2015

For the first time in its history, the Belgian national football team tops the FIFA rankings. With 1,440 points Belgium surpasses world champion Germany that holds the second place with 1,388 points.

Jaouad Achab Taekwondo World Champion

05 June 2015

The Belgian Jaouad Achab won the world title at the Taekwondo World Championships in Russia in the Men's 63 kg category.

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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