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On Monday night, track and field athletes who represented Belize at the 2023 CADICA Championships in Guatemala City returned to the country after winning big in the regional tournament. During the sporting event, Belize won seven gold, eight silver and two bronze medals in various disciplines; in one instance, Belizean American athlete Brooklyn Little broke […]
Written on June 6, 2023 | Posted in
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…and the training continues. President of the Belize Athletics Association, Jaheed Smith says that the win is encouraging and with additional support, the athletes will be ready to compete in other regional and international competitions. Jaheed Smith, President, Belize Athletics Association “It is very encouraging. Later on in the year, we have another competition […]
Written on June 6, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a determination”. That’s a quote from Usain Bolt. And, over the last decade, winning an Interoffice Softball Championship seemed impossible for the MOE Chiefs. That was until Friday night when the Chiefs […]
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The Belize Coast Guard officially kicked off its Wonder Woman Competition today at its base in Belize City. The three-day event will see women from across the Belize Coast Guard and the Belize Defense Force compete in fitness challenges, swimming competitions, long distance runs, marches and shooting drills. The Wonder Woman Competition was first held […]
Written on May 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We are now in week four of the William Dawson Sprite/Digi Youth Basketball Tournament 2023. This week’s matchups took us to Hattieville where a total of seven games were played. We start with the first game of the day between the dynamic […]
Written on May 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is”. That’s a quote from Vincent Lombardi an American football coach. Over the weekend, athletes competed across various disciplines to do just that, win. We kick off tonight’s coverage with some cycling action. The International […]
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The Football Federation of Belize has expressed concern over three brawls that occurred during football matches over the weekend. In the Cayo District, a fight ensued between the members of two senior men’s team from two separate villages. Amateur footage of that incident shows members of both teams physically attacking each other. There are also […]
Written on May 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, sixteen students from standard two to six at the Calvary Temple School received football jerseys as the school aspires to enlist the team in a football competition being organized by the National Sports Council. Calvary Temple School is located at the far end of Regent Street West in Belize City and has a student […]
Written on May 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. The Anthony Mahler Mundialito Tournament 2023 continued on Saturday at the Berger Field in Belize City. There were some exciting matchups between the sixteen male teams competing in the tournament. Here is a thrilling battle between the dynamic Belize United and […]
Written on May 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Last weekend, the Ministry of Public Utilities signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Creek Village with respect of a solar project that will electrify that southern community. It succeeded the free, prior and informed consent of villagers in that indigenous community. But was Toledo West Area Representative Oscar Requeña misunderstood when he spoke about […]
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The President of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association of Football (CONCACAF), Victor Montagliani, was on a twenty-four hour trip to Belize. Today, the Football Federation of Belize held a press conference at the House of Culture where Sergio Chuc, the President of F.F.B., and President Montagliani addressed the media. Here is […]
Written on May 8, 2023 | Posted in
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CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani also responded to requests for his thoughts on Belize’s youth national teams performances in regional tournaments. Of recent, a couple youth national teams have attracted criticism from Belizeans after numerous defeats in regional tournaments. Well, the CONCACAF President says, there are more important things than winning at the youth level. […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We kick things off tonight with some controversy in the Premier League of Belize. Football teams across the country are waiting with bated breath for the start of the 2023 playoffs. It was expected to begin weeks ago, but, there have been […]
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This afternoon at Lopez Mateo’s Park in Belize City, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Belize Police Department kicked off its annual basketball tournament. Dubbed the William Dawson Sprite Basketball Tournament, the competition unites young men from various communities in Belize City and surrounding villages. It is an initiative that was started by the […]
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Goodnight, and welcome to this special edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Belize hosted the Eighth Central American Cricket Championship Tournament over the weekend. The four-day event saw teams from Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico and London battle it out. On Thursday morning, the action began in Bermudian Landing where the Belize National Cricket […]
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The Group of Supervisors is working in the background to ensure that all these necessary legislative amendments are being done to align Belize’s financial regulations with international standards. The group functions under the authority of the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee and it is made up of the Central Bank, the Financial Services Commission, the Financial […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The Football Federation of Belize held a press conference this morning in Belmopan to officially introduce the Under-Fifteen Boys National Team. Twenty players were selected from a group of seventy young athletes from across the country. The team has been preparing for the CONCACAF Qualifiers. Here is a look at how the ceremony went. […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to this week’s edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. There is a huge regional cricket tournament to be played in Belize later this week. Teams from four countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica and England, will go head to head with the Belize Men’s National Cricket Team to see who will […]
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The Belize Tourism Board’s Anthony Mahler Under-Thirteen Mundialito Football Tournament is back. The home of the tournament has been the M.C.C. Grounds for the last fourteen seasons. This year the games will get a new home, the recently renovated Berger Field on Vernon Street. The longstanding tournament kicks off on Saturday morning. We spoke with […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, a track and field coach from Virginia spent time in Belize scouting young talents. Former world champion sprinter turned coach, Andre Cason, spent Saturday and Sunday at the Belize Athletic Association’s National Track and Field Championships where he was able to witness some of Belize’s most promising athletes in action. The good […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Members of the House of Shotokan won big over the weekend at the Wu Shu Kung Fu Martial Arts Championship. The competition was held on Saturday in El Paso, Texas and students from the karate academy won awards in form, fighting and martial arts weapons categories. Among the winners is Ampree Swasey, who won first […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize’s National Football A team will receive much-needed support through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding today, ahead of preparations to play upcoming games. The Belize Tourism Board and the Football Federation of Belize agreed that, under this arrangement, the B.T.B. as the main corporate sponsor of the Belize National Team Program, will provide […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday where we bring you the best stats and highlights from sporting events across the country, I am Paul Lopez. Over the weekend, the Belize Athletics Association breathed life into the often dormant Marion Jones Sporting Complex, with its National Track and Field Championship. Athletes from across […]
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Earlier in the week, we told you about the fourteen-year-old Belizean American who stunned the Caribbean over the weekend with his gold medal performances at the Fiftieth CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas. Well, Demetrie Meyers and his father and coach Gregory Meyers are in Belize. They arrived today to celebrate the two gold medal victories […]
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This morning, the Football Federation of Belize officially introduced the Belize Women Under-Twenty National Team at its headquarters in Belmopan. The team consists of nineteen athletes from across the country. They are preparing to represent Belize in the under-twenty CONCACAF qualifiers in Managua, Nicaragua at the end of May. We heard from Wayne Casimiro, the […]
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