- Sport in Belgium
Football a.k.a. soccer is the most popular sport in
Belgium . Fact|date=March 2007Standard de Liege ,Club Brugge andR.S.C. Anderlecht are importantfootball team s in theBelgian football league system .Tennis ,cycling , athletics,volleyball ,basketball ,hockey , andjudo are other dominant sports in Belgian society, with many important historical and current sportspeople.Lopsided|date=September 2008Present-day sportspeople from Belgium
Belgium has successful sportsmen and sportswoman in various disciplines;
Tia Hellebaut (high jumping),Kim Clijsters andJustine Henin (tennis),Kim Gevaert (athletics),Tom Boonen (cycling),Ann Wauters (basketball),Sven Nys (cyclo-cross),Stefan Everts (motocross) andKevin van der Perren (figure skating) are some of the athletes at the top of their sport.International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidentCount Jacques Rogge is also an important figure in the sport world in Belgium.Johan Bruyneel is thedirecteur sportif ofTeam Discovery (formerlyU.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team ) and has directed the team throughLance Armstrong 's seven victories of theTour de France .Historical sportspeople from Belgium
In the past Belgium has also known many important sportspeople.In
cycle racing , some important names areEddy Merckx ,Rik Van Looy ,Roger De Vlaeminck ,Lucien Van Impe ,Patrick Sercu andJohan Museeuw . Among the notable soccer players from Belgium areJean-Marie Pfaff ,Eric Gerets ,Enzo Scifo ,Michel Preud'homme ,Franky Van Der Elst andJan Ceulemans . Other greats in Belgian sport history areIvo Van Damme andGaston Roelants ,Jacky Ickx ,Thierry Boutsen ,Raymond Ceulemans ,Jean-Michel Saive ,Robert Van De Walle ,Eddy Lejeune ,Gaston Rahier ,Gella Vandecaveye ,Ingrid Berghmans ,Frederik Deburghgraeve andStefan Everts .
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