Belgium

Hockey
Events

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced that Belgium and the Netherlands will co-host the 2026 editions of its Men’s and Women’s World Cups.
Multiple Sports
Media

DAZN Group’s takeover interest in Eleven Group was driven not only by the latter’s football rights portfolio and strong presence in markets such as Belgium and Portugal, but also the ability of Eleven-owned dig…
Multiple Sports
Media

Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group has struck an agreement to acquire subscription broadcaster and streaming platform Eleven Sports in a deal including digital content company…
Cycling
Events

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced Haute-Savoie as the location for the second edition of its multi-discipline World Championships while also awarding the hosting rights to 13 other events
Motorsport
Events

The Belgian Grand Prix, a historic part of the Formula 1 calendar, will remain on the motor-racing championship’s schedule for 2023 after a one-year contract extension was agreed.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Union Saint-Gilloise (USG) has announced a sponsorship deal with telecoms operator Orange Belgium ahead of its first appearance in the Uefa Champions League
Multiple Sports
Media

The Belgian arm of subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has launched a commercial offering for bars and restaurants to support its coverage of domestic club football, along with its other rights properties
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Chinese logistics firm Cainiao is to continue its sponsorship of Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège for another season.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Eleven Sports has promoted Massimo D’Amario to the role of chief executive of its operations in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Football
Finance & Law

Clubs competing in the Pro League and Challenger Pro League, the top two divisions of Belgian club football, saw their operating revenue drop by 22 per cent during a 2020-21 season marred by the effects…
Football
Media

Mediapro, the agency and international broadcast production group, has detailed plans to produce this weekend’s Belgian Super Cup match in a vertical 9:16 format on social video platform TikTok.
Road Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

Belgian pro cycling team QuickStep-AlphaVinyl will become Soudal-QuickStep in 2023 under a new five-year co-title deal with the Soudal sealant and adhesive brand
Football
Industry Moves

Leander Monbaliu, chief business officer at the Pro League, is to leave the Belgian football club body later this month. Monbaliu has been with the Belgian league for close to a decade in various guises
Football
Media

Belgian telecoms operators Proximus, Telenet and Voo have emerged successful from an arbitration ruling over broadcast rights compensation claims related to the Covid-hit 2019-20 Jupiler Pro League season
Athletics
Events

The finals of the Diamond League athletics series will be held alternately in Zurich and Brussels between 2024 and 2027 following a decision by the league’s general assembly, World Athletics has announced.
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Belgium’s Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne, has proposed a ban on all gambling sponsorship and advertising, with the sports industry to be granted a transition period before the rules are e…
Motorsport
Media

ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal in Germany and Austria to the DTM touring cars series