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Two Belizean volleyball athletes were scouted back in 2019 when they competed in a regional match in Mexico. Fast track to 2021, they are both now preparing to relocate to a college in the U.S. where they will not only be pursuing bachelor’s degrees in Graphic Design, but also playing their favourite sport. Francis Hauze […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Volleyball has, over the recent years, developed into one of the top sports in the country, with our male and female national teams becoming regional champions. The successes are attributed to the commitment of the executive as well as the athletes who have been working around the clock to improve their skills on and off […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Despite the hiccup caused by the pandemic, Belize has a strong chance of advancing to the Commonwealth Games. But to do so, its female and male national teams must participate in regional matches scheduled to occur between September and December of this year. President Allan Sharp says the athletes need to get back to practicing […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
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On Friday, the Football Federation of Belize introduced the men’s national team which will be participating in a series of regional matches ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The team arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti this morning where they are scheduled to play at the Sylvio Cator Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Instead […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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In case you missed it, the Football Federation of Belize presented its official roster for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The team was selected after a series of cuts – based on fitness and other training preparation. As news Five’s Andrea Polanco found out, the players have had to maintain a lot of self […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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COVID-19 has claimed another event casualty. Today it was announced that the Belikin La Ruta Maya River Challenge traditionally held on the extended March weekend has been cancelled. The organizing committee says that after twenty-four consecutive years of the sport, the tough decision was taken, much to the disappointment to paddlers, as well as fans […]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize National ‘A’ Team is getting ready to embark on the qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar 2022. For almost a year, the football players haven’t been able to play the sport and so they were left to work out on their own. So, on Monday, thirty-four athletes from across the country will […]
Written on February 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Millions tuned in to the Super Bowl on Sunday, including many here at home who were glued to the TV screen to see one player in particular: Rakeem Nunez-Roches. He has roots in Belize, and so Belizeans were cheering him on. Nunez-Roches is Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman, and his team defeated the Kansas City […]
Written on February 8, 2021 | Posted in
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From Culture Capital to the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida for one of the world’s biggest sporting events. This year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one of the qualifying teams in this year’s Superbowl LV, features “The Belizean Beast.” He is Rakeem Nunez Roches, born in Dangriga. Roches is now a defensive tackle for the […]
Written on February 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Meanwhile on the home front, organizers say it will be one of the biggest multi-sporting events ever to be held in Belize. It is being organized to coincide with the country’s fortieth anniversary of independence. The Independence Games Belize 2021 is being planned to attract athletes from thirteen sporting disciplines in games held at eight […]
Written on February 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Wayne Casimiro has been named the head coach of women’s football for the Football Federation of Belize. Casimiro is no stranger to the sport; the football athlete turned teacher began his coaching experience back in 1992 and as a sports coordinator, planned and organized sporting events in Stann Creek District. The licensed CONCACAF coach led […]
Written on February 3, 2021 | Posted in
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It’s the second day that gyms across the country have been able to reopen since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in March 2020. Since then, gyms have been ordered to close, but new regulations announced on Friday allows gyms to be open with fifty percent capacity. But the prolonged closure has affected the […]
Written on February 2, 2021 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, we reported on the pending handing over of the Belize City Center to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The building is the last structure to be surrendered from the control of Belize Infrastructure Limited to the respective ministries under the Government of Belize. Today, we visited another facility, the Marion Jones […]
Written on January 28, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister of Sports Kevin Bernard is setting the record straight. Bernard says that he was deeply offended when he heard that a group of footballers, who were caught practicing, told police that the Ministry of Sport permitted them to do so. Bernard took offense because it is against COVID-19 regulations to engage in contact sports […]
Written on January 28, 2021 | Posted in
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We also asked Minister Kevin Bernard about the People’s Stadium in Orange Walk Town. The facility was used regularly for sporting and other big events, but since COVID-19, it has hardly been used, but when the Minister made a visit there, he realized that it has hardly been maintained. Bernard says the facility was so […]
Written on January 28, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize City Center was inaugurated with much fanfare when it opened its doors on April thirtieth, 2018. That was at least two years before COVID-19 became a reality. In the time before the pandemic made its way to Belize, the building was hardly in use, despite the number of scheduled events necessary for its […]
Written on January 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Even Football training is going online. The Football Federation of Belize announced today that it is investing eighteen thousand U.S. dollars in developing its youth players. The money is to the enrolment of a hundred and eighty players from the u-fifteen, u-seventeen and u-nineteen players to the Evo Soccer programme. It is a year-long online […]
Written on January 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Verdes Football Club has reached the end of the road for its participation in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League Tournament after several of its players and members of the coaching staff tested positive for COVID-19. A total of ten persons have come down with the virus, despite initially testing negative in Cancun prior to departure for […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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According to President Sergio Chuc, of the Football Federation of Belize, the players, as well as the coaching staff of Verdes FC may have contracted the virus in Cancun and the initial results of tests conducted there, may have been false negatives. Belize’s withdrawal due to COVID-19 will not cost the teams any penalties going […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Six players and four members of the coaching staff of the Verdes Football Club have tested positive for COVID-19. The team is currently in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where tonight they were to participate in a match against the Arcahaie FC from Haiti as part of the CONCACAF Scotiabank 2020 League. But upon arriving to […]
Written on October 20, 2020 | Posted in
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There is trouble within the F.F.B. as the re-election of President Sergio Chuc and the new executive of the Football Federation of Belize has been nullified by the chairperson of F.F.B.’s Electoral Appeals Committee. A decision rendered by attorney Jacqueline Willoughby identifies four areas of concern in respect of the Ordinary Congress that was held […]
Written on October 2, 2020 | Posted in
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So what bearing, if any, does the chairperson’s singular decision have on the operations of the F.F.B.? According to Chuc, it is business as usual in Belmopan until and unless FIFA’s lawyers say otherwise. The decision, he says, is not recognized by the federation since the others who comprise the Electoral Appeals Committee did not […]
Written on October 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Despite the individual decision taken by the chair of the Electoral Appeals Committee to nullify the outcome of the vote taken at the Ordinary Congress, F.F.B. President Sergio Chuc believes that there is collusion among members of the federation who have a vested interest in unseating him from leadership. Here is how he framed his […]
Written on October 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The Football Federation of Belize held its 2020 congress in Belmopan over the weekend, despite initial concerns from members of the organization regarding social distancing and other safety measures in light of the spike in COVID-19 cases. On Friday evening, P.M. Barrow emphatically said that the event was a no-go since the location which was […]
Written on August 24, 2020 | Posted in
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There will be no congress of the Football Federation of Belize on Saturday as was initially scheduled. As we reported on Thursday, concerns were raised by candidates who are contesting the leadership of the F.F.B. that existing regulations prohibit the gathering of more than ten persons. In this case, the congress which would see the […]
Written on August 21, 2020 | Posted in
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