The Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two parts. When facing downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank is to the right.
The Royal Belgian Football Association is the governing body of football in Belgium. It was a founding member of FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954 and was based in Brussels, not far from the King Baudouin Stadium. Since October 2021, the headquarters of the RBFA are located in Tubize, next to its technical centre. Its chairman is Robert Huygens.
In association football, the Belgian Golden Shoe is an award given in Belgium at the beginning of each civil year to the best footballer of the Belgian First Division A for the past year. The trophy is sponsored by the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
Sport in Belgium plays a prominent role in the society. As of 2010, Belgium counted around 17,000 sport clubs with approximately 1.35 million members, or about 13% of the Belgian population. Popular sports in Belgium are, among others: football, cycling, tennis, table tennis, athletics, swimming, basketball, badminton, judo, hockey, rowing, motocross, auto racing, volleyball, and running. Belgium has organized the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp as well as the 1972 UEFA European Championship and the 2000 UEFA European Championship along with the Netherlands. The Belgium national football team's best result was a 3rd place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and a second place of the 1980 UEFA European Championship. Belgian football clubs have won 3 times the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and twice the UEFA Cup, plus 3 times the UEFA Supercup.
Gillian Coultard is an English former football player, and former England captain. She is one of England Women's most capped internationals, with 119 appearances, and was the highest capped outfield England international ever until Rachel Yankey reached 120 caps in 2012. At the time she was one of only five footballers to have reached over 100 caps for England, and she was the first woman and amateur player to have done so.
The Belgian Women's Cup is the cup competition for women's football in Belgium. The Royal Belgian Football Association established the cup in 1977.
KAA Gent Ladies is the women's section of KAA Gent. It was founded in 1996 as Melle Ladies. In 2012 their name changed to AA Gent Ladies.
Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team is a UCI Women's Continental Team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite women's road bicycle races such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team was established in 2013 and received an UCI licence in 2014.
Lotte Kopecky is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx, and the UCI Elite Women's World Road Race Champion. She is a multiple world champion on the track, having won six gold medals across four UCI Track Cycling World Championships; she won the madison in 2017 and 2022, the points race in 2021 and 2023, and the elimination race in 2022 and 2023.
Canyon–SRAM is a professional women's cycling team that competes in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The title sponsors are Canyon Bicycles and SRAM Corporation. The team's clothing is provided by London-based Rapha. Ronny Lauke set the team up after the demise of his former team Velocio–SRAM.
Doltcini–Van Eyck–Proximus is a Belgian UCI Women's Continental Team formed in 2016, which competes in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Millie Bright is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea and the England national team. She previously played for Doncaster Belles and Leeds Ladies, and represented England on the under-19 and under-23 national teams.
Nicky Evrard is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chelsea and the Belgium women's national team.
Events from the year 2002 in Belgium
Events in the year 1891 in Belgium.
Shari Bossuyt is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step. She rode in the women's team pursuit event at the 2019 UEC European Track Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step is a Belgian women's road bicycle racing team which participates in elite women's races. The team was established in 2019.
Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.
Lyndsey Van Belle is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for Genk in Belgian Women's Super League and the Belgium national team.
