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“They were led like sheep to the slaughter”. That is what the Minister of Youth, Sports and Transportation, Rodwell Ferguson, had to say about the Senior Women’s National Football Team in their match against Panama over the weekend. The game ended in a painful eight-nil defeat against team Belize. After the match, Minister Ferguson made […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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During the interview, Minister Ferguson pitched the idea of paying athletes to train so that they can spend more time in training. This has always been a complaint of athletes in Belize. Internationally, they go up against teams whose players spend the majority of the year in training. Minister Ferguson says he is prepared to […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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As the nation continues to open up, more and more sporting activities are occurring across the country. The Ministry of Health confirmed that it gave its approval for an upcoming river race and organizers have announced that everyone involved, including spectators, must be vaccinated. We asked Minister Bernard about the plans in place to mitigate […]
Written on February 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim community also announced that it has the biggest youth basketball tournament in Belize. Its basketball league is a program that engages youth athletes in the discipline of the sport. Teams compete both locally and internationally in matches, and as we found out today, it has grown to now include fifty teams from […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Women’s A-Team came up short against El Salvador in their CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifiers. The game ended with a score of six to zero, a decisive victory for El Salvador. Belize is scheduled to face off Panama in El Salvador on Sunday. Coach Wayne Casimiro spoke about the outcome of Wednesday’s game. […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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With only two weeks before the highly anticipated Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge, teams across the country are rigorously training. Today, we visited the historic village of More Tomorrow where we met up with a team of young men with big hearts. They go by the name “Young Cutters” and this year they […]
Written on February 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Many businesses are not sponsoring canoe teams this year because of the financial hit they took as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Elvin Penner, President of the Belize Canoeing Association, told News Five that although sponsorship is down, paddlers are still excited for the return of the sport. Many are going out with limited […]
Written on February 16, 2022 | Posted in
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This weekend, paddlers will get an opportunity to compete against each other and get back on the water to test out their equipment. The Belize Canoeing Association is also bringing back its “Boom to the City Canoe Race,” powered by Guinness. The competition has seven categories. Penner told us more. Elvin Penner, President, Belize […]
Written on February 16, 2022 | Posted in
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After months of delay due to COVID, the CONCACAF Senior Women’s Qualifiers kick off this week with the Belize’s National Football Senior Women’s team squaring off against its first opponent in the D-Division. Belize takes on Salvador’s National Team on Wednesday at El Salvador’s Estadio Cuscatlán. Today, the team, led by Head Coach Wayne Casimiro, […]
Written on February 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Coach Casimiro says that despite the challenges with COVID, the Belize team went to camp early, did their homework, and prepared well for the matches. Wayne Casimiro, Head Coach, Belize Female National Football Team “We have just done some studies based on previous games that El Salvador has played – “friendlies” that they’ve done. […]
Written on February 15, 2022 | Posted in
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An extraordinary general meeting is being requested by members of the Cycling Federation of Belize in an attempt to elect a new executive. This afternoon, Tariq Cano and Alexi Ordonez, having tendered a copy of the requisition to the National Sports Council, convened a brief question and answer session with the media. According to Cano, […]
Written on February 8, 2022 | Posted in
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Running for vice president on Cano’s ticket is Alexi Ordonez. Despite trying to revive interest in the sport, Ordonez says that much more can be done to meet the needs of cyclists at all levels of riding. Alexi Ordonez, Vice Presidential Candidate “If you notice, Cano said five years, but almost for the past, […]
Written on February 8, 2022 | Posted in
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The Football Federation of Belize held its first press conference for 2022 virtually today. It was to present the members of the male senior national team which will be leaving the country on Wednesday en route to Nicaragua for a friendly match. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Twenty-two athletes were chosen […]
Written on January 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The senior male national team departs Belize for Nicaragua this week to participate in its first international friendly match on January twenty-ninth. F.F.B.’s Technical Director, Philip Marin, shared details via zoom of the upcoming matches, the first of which is on Friday. Philip Marin, Technical Director, Football Federation of Belize “We have commenced training […]
Written on January 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Philip Marin, Technical Director, Football Federation of Belize “Our senior women – they continue their preparation for the 2022 C.O.N.C.A.C.A.F. Qualifiers. They will be playing two matches in February in El Salvador. On the sixteenth of February, they will be playing El Salvador in El Salvador and on the twentieth of February, they will […]
Written on January 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Simultaneously in April, the under-twenty men’s national team will be participating in the U.N.C.A.F. Championship, a regional competition that will be hosted in Belize. Philip Marin, Technical Director, Football Federation of Belize “For our U-20 men, they will be participating in the U.N.C.A.F. Championship which will be held here in Belize; we will be […]
Written on January 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister Rodwell Ferguson is literally only four days in as the new Minister of Sports, but he has served in this capacity before, under the Said Musa administration. He says his predecessor, Minister Kevin Bernard, already has a good system in place and that there is no need to fix what isn’t broken. Rodwell […]
Written on January 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-six-year-old Brandon Cattouse is the 2022 Krem New Year’s Day Men’s Cycling Classic winner. Cattouse won from among a field of over sixty cyclists. Cattouse was in the first break-away in the Corozal District, which included three other cyclists. He told News Five that the four of them shared the station prizes for about thirty […]
Written on January 3, 2022 | Posted in
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She is the most decorated Belizean female cyclist, having won races in all female categories in Belize as well as placing well if not winning in her races internationally. Now, Kaya Cattouse has again made the country proud by landing a one-year contract with a professional U.S-based cycling team. Cattouse made the official announcement today […]
Written on December 7, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize’s National Pok-ta-Pok team, Ek’Balam is the 2021 Pok ta Pok World Cup Champions. Also known as the “Mayan ball game,” the world cup competition was held in Merida, Mexico. Participating in the tournament are international teams including a delegation from Belize, Guatemala and Panama. Belize was off to a strong start in the two […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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And in Diaspora news, a young man who is on a basketball scholarship at a university in California is encouraging other Belizean youth to pursue their sporting dreams. Arik Nicholas, from Punta Gorda Town, plays basketball for the University of the Antelope Valley in Lancaster. He shared his message of encouragement with News Five. […]
Written on November 30, 2021 | Posted in
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A Belizean athlete studying abroad, Fatima Ramirez, was selected as the Freshman of the Year for volleyball by the National Junior College Athletics Association. The last time we heard from Ramirez was back in June, when she signed a sports scholarship to play division one volleyball at Eastern Wyoming College in the U.S. A. Her […]
Written on November 10, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize’s National Cricket Selection will not be advancing to another round of competition, following the T20 tournament in Antigua. That’s because the team has lost three important matches since the competition began last week. But while its dream of moving on has been dashed, the team is now focused on winning the next two games […]
Written on November 10, 2021 | Posted in
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The U20 National Football Team defeated the team from Saint Martin, six to one earlier today. The Jaguars are currently representing Belize in the U20 CONCACAF Qualifiers in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Today’s match saw Tyrese Augustine score the first goal at minute twelve in the game. Two minutes later, Daijon Daniels scored […]
Written on November 9, 2021 | Posted in
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In the days ahead, Belize and seven other countries will be participating in the World T20 cricket qualifying tournament for the Americas. The event is being hosted by the International Cricket Council and is the highest level of international cricket Belize will be attending. The event will be a double round-robin with no final. The […]
Written on November 2, 2021 | Posted in
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