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A train the trainer’s course is taking place at the F.F.B. Headquarters in Belmopan. Twenty-two coaches from across the country are engaged in a FIFA-certified grassroots training being facilitated by expert, Stanley Gardiner. The one-week intense course is looking at theoretical and practical approaches to teaching the fundamentals of football for children between the ages […]
Written on July 2, 2019 | Posted in
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The female under-twenty-three national volleyball team claimed second place in the Central American Volleyball U-23 Championship this past weekend. It’s their first time winning this medal in the championships. The tournament was held in Managua, Nicaragua where the team played a total of six games in the past week. They lost two of the games […]
Written on July 1, 2019 | Posted in
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Last year, the senior Volleyball team also won the silver medal at the Central American Championships held in Belize City. This time around, the U-23 girls secured second place once again. And while we celebrate these wins at home, Volleyball Association says it is a costly to manage the teams and have them operate at […]
Written on July 1, 2019 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
Written on July 1, 2019 | Posted in
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The female volleyball national team has been competing in the under-twenty-three Central American Championships in Managua, Nicaragua. They have since won three games and lost one. On Wednesday, the girls faced off against the Panamanian team and won all three sets. It was the second win for the team since the tournament began earlier this […]
Written on June 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Budding basketball athletes from all the districts converged in Belize City today. They represent the cream of the crop at their age and in their schools. Having made their mark at home and with the 2019 champions at stake, their eyes are now on winning cash to move on to high schools. The highly competitive […]
Written on June 26, 2019 | Posted in
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Also touching down in Belize today was the college division-three basketball team from Westminster College in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. headed by Kevin Siroki. Siroki, you will recall, is a former coach of Belize’s national basketball team and was instrumental in the development of the sport at Galen University and the University of Belize. After taking up […]
Written on June 26, 2019 | Posted in
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The international friendly match will be preceded by a celebrity basketball game also at the Belize City Civic Centre. Local radio and TV personalities as well as well-known athletes will participate in the game. Coach Roscoe Rhys who organized the event shares more details. Coach Roscoe Rhys, Co-Organizer, Basketball International Friendly “We have a […]
Written on June 26, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize National Female Volleyball Team is in the news tonight for good reason. Its stellar performance against bigger and seasoned teams in the region is opening new opportunities for them. The national team is getting ready to compete in qualifying games for the volleyball Olympics. So in October, the team heads to Puerto Rico […]
Written on June 25, 2019 | Posted in
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There is more good news in volleyball, for the fourth consecutive year, Belize has been selected to host regional games in the sport. President of the Belize Volleyball Association Allan Sharp told News Five that the Central American Beach Volleyball Championships will be held at Old Belize from August sixteenth to the eighteenth. He shared […]
Written on June 25, 2019 | Posted in
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Written on June 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The U23 Female Volleyball National Team departed Belize today for the fourth Central American U23 Female Volleyball Championship in Managua, Nicaragua. All seven Central American Countries will be participating. The games start on the twenty-third and end on the twenty-ninth. Belize’s team is made up of twelve players, three coaches and one referee. Today, we […]
Written on June 21, 2019 | Posted in
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On Thursday, we showed you the new head coach of the Belize National Football Team. He’s Vincenzo Alberto Annese from Italy. As you heard in our report, the new coach wants to inject the national team with new blood and introduce a more modern system of coaching for football in Belize. Well, Annese will be […]
Written on June 21, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize National Football Team has a new coach. He is thirty-four-year-old Vincenzo Alberto Annese from Italy. The coach, according to the F.F.B., has extensive coaching experience that spans from Europe to Asia and Africa. Annese’s job is to coach the male national senior team and to provide oversight of the youth national teams. He […]
Written on June 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Written on June 10, 2019 | Posted in
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Today, the national championship games for primary school track and field were held at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. Hundreds of children from across the country competed in the many categories in the discipline and after some four hours of running, jumping and throwing, the winners were announced. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
Written on June 7, 2019 | Posted in
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Written on June 3, 2019 | Posted in
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And on Sunday, the Ahmadiyah Basketball League concludes a season of basketball tournaments with a marathon at the Swift Hall where teams from across Belize City and as far away as Orange Walk will be competing in various age groups. Imam Naveed Mangla, Ahmadiyah Muslim Jamaat “The Ahmadiyah Basketball League has been running for […]
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Written on May 28, 2019 | Posted in
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The 2019 season of the National Elite Basketball League is in its finals and as fans predicted, the Belize Hurricanes is in the running for the trophy and the championship title once again. Now, it is an interesting finals series because both the Hurricanes and the San Pedro Tigersharks have won the title twice. This […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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Budding cyclists Christian Avila of Belmopan and Jyven Gonzales of San Ignacio are being given the opportunity to travel to Mexico and train. The two young cyclists have been chosen to do a month’s training with one of Mexico’s top coaches and professional cyclists, Carlos Manuel Hernandez Santana. It is the hope for the two […]
Written on May 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Written on May 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Today the Police Department officially launched its Eastern Division Youth Basketball Cup 2019 at the Yarborough Green Basketball Court on south side Belize City. The sports tournament is a community policing initiative that brings together at-risk youths from various gang ridden neighborhoods across region one of the Old Capital and fosters comradery among the participants […]
The Embassy of Republic of China is partnering with the Department of Youth Services and the National Sports Council to host a two-K and five-K Track Race to commemorate thirty years of diplomatic ties between Belize and Taiwan. The Taiwan Belize It—Friendship Run 2019 will be held on June first commencing at the Memorial Park, […]
