Belgium

A new women’s league featuring club teams from Belgium and the Netherlands could lead to similar competitions in men’s football, according to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino.

The Belgian Grand Prix will remain on the Formula One calendar until 2015 after a new three-year deal was signed to retain a race at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

The Belgian city of Antwerp has been announced as the host of the 2014 Special Olympics European Games.

New broadcast deals have been struck by the media distribution partners of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in Belgium, Australia and Singapore.

FIFA and UEFA have appealed against a European ruling that the World Cup and European Championships should be reserved for free-to-air television in the UK and Belgium.

Shell has secured a “multi-year” contract to become the title sponsor of Belgium’s Formula One Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that European Union states are allowed to reserve major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup for free-to-air viewing on a so-called ‘crown jewels’ list.

The Holland-Belgium Bid team to host either the 2018 or 2022 football World Cup will present at the Soccerex 2009 Global Convention in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Dutch and Belgian football associations agreed to establish a joint foundation to prepare their bid to co-host the 2018 World Cup finals, Reuters reports.

Belgacom secured the broadcast rights for the top-tier Belgian football league in a three-year deal worth about €44.7 million per year. The deal covers the 2008-09 to 2010-11 seasons.

Belgian French-language public broadcaster, RTBF, has launched a high definition version of its main channel – La Une.

The European Parliament voted yesterday in favour of a report, which opposes the introduction of rules such as Sepp Blatter’s proposed ‘6+5’ limit on the number foreign players at football clubs.

The head of the G-14 group of Europe’s most powerful football clubs has welcomed UEFA's u-turn on proposals to revise the qualification route for the Champions League.

The presidents of the football associations of Belgium, François de Keersmaecker, and the Netherlands, Mathieu Sprengers, officially announced their interest in submitting a joint bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup™.

The European Sponsorship Association's ‘Future Sponsorship’ conference (November 8-9) in Brussels has discussed the establishment of a new framework for sponsorship evaluation.

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) expanded with the opening of an office in Brussels. This follows a period of growth for the membership association which looks after the interests of sponsors, rights holders, agencies and professional advisors working within the sponsorship industry.