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A team of power lifting athletes departs for the Cayman Islands on August sixth, where members will participate in various categories of competition as they represent the Jewel. Earlier today, the National Sports Council handed over official tracksuits to be worn by the team during the event. Present were Power Lifting Association President Khalid Usher […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” That’s a quote from American Gymnast Simone Biles. True to the expression, Belize’s Under-Nineteen National Female Volleyball Team is putting it all on the line inside […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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SMART Stars Football Camp concluded its twelfth annual summer camp held this week at the newly inaugurated Berger Field in Belize City. About fifty kids from across the city participated and learned the fundamentals of the sport. Often times, these young players are also engaged in the mundialito football tournament. News Five’s Duane Moody attended […]
Written on July 14, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize City Civic Center will come alive on Sunday night for the Central American Under-Nineteen Volleyball Championship. The tournament will feature seven teams from across the region, including team Belize. Our girls have been hard at training preparing for the event. They are hoping that Belizeans from across the country will converge on the […]
Written on July 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Football Federation of Belize officially presented the members of Belize’s Under-Fifteen National Football Boys Team. The team is scheduled to depart from Belize on Friday to Colombia for a twenty-day training camp. Thereafter, the team will travel to Curacao to compete in the CONCACAF Under-Fifteen Tournament. Dale Pelayo, Head Coach, U-15 National […]
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After several failed attempts, the Berger Field in Belize City has been upgraded and is now open to the public. A collaborative effort between Pickstock Area Representative Anthony Mahler, the Football Federation of Belize, and several other organizations, saw the five hundred thousand dollar facility to completion. News Five’s Paul Lopez was present at the […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you and you don’t have to listen”. That’s a quote from British Olympic Track and Field Champion, Jessica Ennis-Hill. This weekend was a championship weekend for sports in Belize. Tonight, we […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Ten thousand primary school students from across Belize will benefit from FIFA Foundation’s Digital Education Program. This afternoon, the Ministry of Education, the FIFA Foundation and the Football Federation of Belize signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding. The objective of FIFA Foundation’s Digital Education Program is for students to acquire knowledge and develop skills related […]
Written on July 7, 2023 | Posted in
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The 2023 Anthony Mahler Mundialito Tournament is holding its final matches on Sunday inside the Berger Field in Belize City. The season saw ten male teams and six female teams compete against each other over the course of eleven weeks. The top four teams have been selected. Those teams will face off in the finals. […]
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One football team in the Cayo District is making a big name for itself out west. Camalote Football Club made the podium in the 2023 Belmopan Football Association First Division Tournament. More recently, it was dominant in an exhibition match that gained national attention. Of course, Camalote Village is no stranger to producing some of […]
Written on July 6, 2023 | Posted in
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For the past five years, she’s been known as the Communications & Marketing Director of the Football Federation of Belize and, through her job at the F.F.B., it affords her the opportunity to work with CONCACAF. That opportunity has landed Yashmin Juan in a position she has always wanted to be. She has been appointed […]
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It’s known as BK Sports Group, started in 2018 by brothers, Berisford and Bryton Codd with the goal of helping Belizean athletes with sporting opportunities. This week, the Ministry of Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BK Sports Group to promote tertiary-level education opportunities for Belizean student athletes. Today, Bryton Codd explained what the […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Codd, the M.O.U. has already provided athletic assistance to five students who are going away this year. But they, and other successful candidates, will need to meet certain requirements. Bryton Codd, Founder, BK Sports Group “There are certain requirements that you must have in order to make that transition. You have to […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The Director of the National Sports Council, Iris Centeno, is currently in the United States, along with a delegation of female football players. The group is at Princeton University in New Jersey, where they are taking part in a two-week exchange program. Centeno explained to News Five that she was selected to take part in […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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She is the new Sports Director, having taken over in that capacity on June sixteenth. Iris Centeno, who is known for her hands-on contributions to football, is now in charge of advancing the various sports disciplines promoted by National Sports Council. Her priority list is ambitious, but Centeno explained to us today that she intends […]
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Several students who are on the Special Olympics Team that were delayed in New York when their flight schedule was interrupted will arrive in Belize in time for their graduation on Thursday. The four students and two of their chaperones were supposed to land in Belize with the rest of their teammates on Tuesday on […]
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For the first time in the history of the country, FIBA will be hosting a junior national team competition in Belize. The U-seventeen Centrobasket Championship is a qualifier for the World of Basketball and today, News Five caught up with the U-seventeen national basketball team during a practice session at the Belize City Civic Center. […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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They were scheduled to arrive on the United Airlines flight around eleven-thirty this morning and then participate in a motorcade having competed and won three medals for Belize, but today, four athletes and two chaperones are delayed in New York after the airline company bumped them from their flights. While the issue was unpredictable, the […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been a while Belize hasn’t announced an official boxing match. Boxing enthusiasts will take great pleasure to learn that on Saturday night, the Belize Boxing Development Council is bringing a title fight to the Jewel, the first in the last forty-five years! And for good measure, they’ve managed to throw in two more fights […]
Written on June 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Five female football athletes have been selected to take part in the first Belize U.S. Visitor Sports Program. The five under-eighteen national team players will be at the Princeton University for two weeks where they will undergo physical and skills training. The university will also provide the five athletes with leadership training during their visit. […]
Written on June 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Latin America and Caribbean Director of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A), Mark Lawrie, is in Belize on a working visit. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club is the highest golf authority in the world, except the United States and Mexico. In Belize, the sport of golf is governed by Belize Golf Federation […]
Written on June 20, 2023 | Posted in
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There is a new director for the National Sports Council and she is no stranger to sports. Iris Centeno, Women’s Director at the Football Federation of Belize, took up the appointment last week after former director Ian Cal resigned from the post. As we reported, Cal’s contract expired at the end of March, but continued […]
Written on June 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”. That is a quote from Legendary Boxer, Muhammad Ali. First for tonight, we take a look at the Belize City Softball Association’s Fast Pitch Softball tournament. Two […]
Written on June 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Director of the National Sports Council, Ian Cal, has tendered his resignation. Cal was appointed by Kevin Bernard, the former Minister of Sports, shortly after the People’s United Party administration took office in 2020. News Five understands that Cal’s contract with the council expired at the end of March, but he continued to serve […]
Written on June 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made”, that a quote from Gabby Douglas, an American Gymnast. And boy, did the Under-Sixteen Girls Football National Team have a hard day when they played against Costa Rica’s Under-Sixteen National Team […]
Written on June 12, 2023 | Posted in
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