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5 days ago

Tadej Pogacar and Mauritius’ Kim Le Court claim Liège-Bastogne-Liège glory

  • Pogacar leaves rivals behind with uphill attack
  • Le Court wins four-way sprint in women’s race

Tadej Pogacar launched one of his trademark uphill attacks to win the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic race for…

20 days ago

Van der Poel fends off Pogacar and bottle thrown at face to win Paris-Roubaix

  • Dutchman earns third straight win despite bottle attack
  • Denmark’s Pedersen also suffers puncture

Mathieu van der Poel overcame a bottle thrown at his face, a puncture and a fierce challenge by the worl…

26 days ago

27 days ago

Tour of Flanders: Pogacar stops Van der Poel’s bid while Kopecky earns third women’s title

  • Slovenian takes title in style after 19km solo attack
  • Lotte Kopecky makes history and adds to previous wins

Tadej Pogacar denied Mathieu van der Poel a record fourth Tour of Flanders title when the Slo…

32 days ago

‘I cried like a little boy’: pigeon fanciers in Belgium relive agony of stolen prized birds

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the country

When champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last …

55 days ago

‘You are free again’: farewell letters of executed Belgian resistance fighters found, 80 years on

Last words shed new light on the lives and deaths of the ‘ordinary people’ who stood up to Nazi regime

Christel Van Iseghem was sitting in a radio studio when she heard the last words of her great unc…

77 days ago

What is the UK’s largest zoo? The Saturday quiz

From Finnegans Wake to Satyendra Nath Bose, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Who was the younger son of Richard IV and Gertrude of Flanders?
2 What is the UK’s largest zoo?
3 Which border is…

89 days ago

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