Star athlete Deon McCaulay has returned to the roster of the Atlanta Silverbacks Football Club, a professional soccer team he was previously signed to in February 2014. McCaulay, who was signed locally to Verdes FC, has been tapped to join the ‘Backs for their 2017 season. His position on the team is listed as forward. […]
Another highly competitive race in the Belikin La Ruta Maya Challenge concluded on Monday in Belize City near the Bottom Dalla Store. Two new teams went on to place in the canoe race which kicked off in the twin towns of San Ignacio/Santa Elena on Friday. News Five’s Duane Moody followed the race from start […]
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The annual La Ruta Maya River Challenge kicked off bright and early this morning in the west. The waters of the Macal River provided the perfect setting for the start of the race. But this year, less than fifty canoes manned by three paddlers each will be competing over the extended holiday weekend as they […]
Five-time Mister Belize, Rigo Vellos left the country today for Ohio, U.S.A. Vellos and two other Belizean bodybuilders will be competing at the Arnold Classic this Friday. The professional bodybuilding competition is one of the segments of a weekend-long event of different categories of fitness competitions. This is not Vellos’ first time to the competition […]
The National Beach Soccer Team of Belize returned to the country today following its participation in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 held in the Bahamas. Team Belize won four out of the six games they played and placed thirteenth out of the sixteen teams that participated in the tournament. Their biggest win was in […]
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Over the weekend, a new board was elected for the Belize Olympic Committee. The national committee holds elections every four years after the Olympic Games. It’s a requirement to be affiliated with the International Olympic Committee which funds various sports programs annually in member countries, including Belize. Belize is allocated one hundred and twenty-five thousand […]
The new board of the committee include: Hilberto Martinez who was reelected as President and Owen Meighan as Vice President. Meanwhile, Arturo Vasquez was voted in as Treasurer with Allan Sharp and Giovanni Alamilla as Secretary and Assistant Secretary, respectively. Also joining the board as members are Julian Murillo, Herman Pastor Junior and Deon Sutherland. […]
The 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is underway in Nassau, Bahamas where Team Belize is currently doing battle on the sandy pitch against the host country. Earlier in the competition the Jaguars clinched their first victory over Jamaica. They were first on the scoreboard with the first goal being served up by Marlon Mesa within […]
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In sporting news…for the first time, a Belizean now leads the Central American Table Tennis Federation, or CONCATEME. He is Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez, who was elected at the general assembly of the Federation in Guatemala City last Friday, February tenth. Vasquez is currently president of the Belize Table Tennis Association and with his presidency joins […]
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On Saturday, the eighteenth of February, the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts will come alive as bodybuilding athletes from across the country will converge to compete in the Spiez Muscle Mania 2017 Competition. The athletes will partake in several divisions including welterweight and heavyweight bodybuilding; as well as men’s physique better known as beach […]
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Bring on the loud pipes! The guttural rumble of a Harley Davidson motorcycle is often an acquired taste. For enthusiasts, the sound of a hundred bikes roaring through the streets of Belize City is all about the enjoyment that comes with the annual rally. Today, that distinct hum was heard up and down Cemetery Road […]
The 2017 National Elite Basketball League tournament began in January of this year and a total of seven teams: San Pedro Tiger Sharks, Belmopan Bandits, Dangriga Dream Ballers, Cayo Western Ballaz, Smart Belize Hurricanes, Belize City No Limits and Orange Walk Running Rebels are making the bid for the coveted championship title. The next game […]
On Saturday, for the first time in Belize, two teams will be competing in a Rugby-Seven match. The sport started in the nineteenth century by William Webb Ellis, who in the middle of a football match picked up a ball and ran to the end of the pitch. It started in a town called Rugby […]
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Belizean football fans across the country were not too happy with the performance of the national football team over the past ten days at the Copa Centro Americana Games. The regional qualifier for the UNCAF Gold Cup was hosted at the Romero Fernandez Stadium in Panama and, unfortunately, the Belize Jaguars were unable to secure […]
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The fate of Belize’s Gold Cup future is up in the air after losing to El Salvador in their third outing of the Central American Cup. While Honduras is the only team with a perfect record at the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, Belize is in danger of sinking lower on that list. This afternoon in Panama […]
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The national team departed Belize today for Panama with hopes running high as they embark on the first round of competition in regional games that lead to the Gold Cup. There are new international players to complement the home grown footballers who made the cut on the national team and there is also a new […]
But where is the F.F.B. financially? The team is sporting new jerseys, a new coach and international players are now in the mix. President Marlon Kuylen says that the intent is to advance to the Gold Cup and the jaguars will need monetary support. Marlon Kuylen, President, F.F.B. “Financially, we are always (chuckles)…I keep […]
