Sport

Gold and bronze for Belgians in time trial at cycling world championship

23 September 2025

We got first and third place at the Olympics, and now, at the world cycling championships in Rwanda, Belgium did it again.

Great achievement for Belgium at the Davis Cup

18 September 2025

Belgium took victory over Australia after a tense match, qualifying for the final of the Davis Cup tennis tournament, to be fought between the world's top eight tennis nations.

Belgium's Jeline Vandromme wins the US Open Junior tennis title

09 September 2025

In her last junior tournament, the 17-year-old Bruges native defeated Sweden's Lea Nilsson in the final to give Belgium its 11th Grand Slam junior singles victory.

Two gold medals for Justin Verboomen at the European Dressage Championships

03 September 2025

By winning the Grand Prix Special and the Freestyle, Justin Verboomen became the first Belgian to win the European Dressage Championship title.

Belgian voted most valuable player in ultimate frisbee

25 August 2025

His name is Tobe Decraene, he’s a 21-year-old Belgian, and he’s just been voted MVP of the Ultimate Frisbee championship weekend.

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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