Europe’s biggest clubs have wasted little time asserting themselves in the 2026-27 Champions League, with Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Bayern Munich among the teams already setting the pace after matchday one. Alongside that leading trio, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City also opened with victories. Côme, meanwhile, made an impressive entrance into the competition
Visma repeated the trick in the Vuelta as Matthew Brennan won his second successive stage, adding the 16th stage to earlier victories on stages two, five and 11. The British rider was again guided home by a remarkable lead-out from Wout van Aert in the closing metres to claim his fourth win of this edition
Club Brugge fell to a 3-2 defeat against Aston Villa on Tuesday in their Champions League opener at the Jan Breydel Stadion. The Belgian champions, under Ivan Leko, were made to pay for a series of errors in the first half as Villa took control early on. The visitors opened the scoring in the 11th
Stage 15 of the 2026 Vuelta has been shortened because of extreme heat, with race organisers acting to protect riders’ health as temperatures were expected to reach 40C on Sunday. The stage has been reduced from 189.7 kilometres to 110.2km. The fictitious start is now scheduled for 14:50, with the real start at 15:00. The
Vuelta 2026: Van Aert Misses the Breakaway as Buitrago Leads Wout van Aert, who has been highly aggressive throughout this Vuelta, did not join the battle for the breakaway on stage 14. The Belgian, who won stage 13 on Friday, may already have had Sunday’s and Tuesday’s stages in mind, as they are expected to
Alexander Blockx has reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career after beating Flavio Cobolli at the US Open. Before the match, the Belgian had said, “Je pense que ce sera une belle revanche”, in reference to his previous meeting with Cobolli, when he had served for the
Ewoud Vromant claimed bronze in the time trial at the World Para Cycling Championships in Huntsville after finishing the 14.6-kilometre race in 18:22.81.The Belgian was 25 seconds behind France’s Alexandre Léauté, who took the world title in 17:57.12. Arthur Bauchet won silver in 17:59.48.It was the second medal for Paralympic Team Belgium in Huntsville.Vromant will
Nafi Thiam returned to competition on Wednesday night at the Mémorial Van Damme, using the home meeting as a final tune-up before the Decastar heptathlon in Talence on 18 and 19 September. After injury and a year in which she has taken part in very few competitions, the Belgian wanted to regain some rhythm in
Standard de Liège extended their unbeaten start to the season with a deserved 1-0 win over Royal Antwerp FC in the Pro League on Saturday. The Liege side were largely on top throughout the contest but struggled badly with their finishing. Nguene went close in the fourth minute, Abid had efforts in the sixth and
La Louvière Still Winless After 4-0 Defeat at Sint-Truiden RAAL La Louvière remain without a win in the Pro League after being beaten 4-0 by Sint-Truiden on Saturday. After a sluggish start, the hosts took control in the closing stages of the first half. Robert-Jan Vanwesemael first failed to beat Marcos Peano in the 35th
