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Good evening and welcome to this special edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. It was a weekend of celebration in sports for Belizeans near and far. We begin tonight’s coverage with the ninety-third running of the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic. Well folks, if you have not already heard, the garland is […]
Written on April 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Like fireworks on September twenty-first, the George Price Highway lit up on Saturday morning for the thirty-second Annual Puma Women’s Cross Country Cycling Classic. The seventy-three mile race from Columbus Park in San Ignacio Town to the Digi Park in Belize […]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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At the Department of Youth Services in Belize City, Special Olympics Belize held its Family Health Forum 2023. The two-day event, which commenced today, saw the participation of the athletes, as well as their parents/guardians and supporters. The space was used to discuss issues affecting the three hundred plus Special Olympic athletes across the country. […]
Written on March 31, 2023 | Posted in
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The opening forum was to see the participation of several ministers of government, including youth and sports, education, human development and health. While several of them could not make it to the opening ceremony, Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard was there. He says that there must be equal health for all, including persons […]
Written on March 31, 2023 | Posted in
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The Port Loyola Football Club has its eyes set on the Premier League of Belize’s Championship trophy. With only a few games left before playoffs for the closing season begins, Port Loyola FC sits at second place with Verdes FC. Their excellent performance this season is a huge turnaround from what the team was able […]
Written on March 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. What a weekend for sports in Belize and tonight we have all the action for you right here. We begin our coverage with what was a highly anticipated football match between Belize and Guatemala in the CONCAF Nations League Tournament. Both […]
Written on March 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The budget allocated for the sports portfolio for 2023 stands at three point two million dollars, which is almost double what it was two years ago, when it was one point seven million dollars. Similarly, the Minister of Sports, Rodwell Ferguson highlighted the sports venues that will see upgrades in the new fiscal year. Rodwell […]
Written on March 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Tickets are sold out as the F.F.B.’s national ‘a’ team, the Belize Jaguars, goes head-to-head with the Guatemalan national team in the CONCACAF Nation’s League. It’s the home game for team Belize and for weeks, the team has been sharpening its skills to take down the Guatemalan footballers. Back in June of last year, Belize […]
Written on March 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Meet the Belize Jaguars, the national ‘A’ team of the Football Federation of Belize. They are participating in the CONCACAF Nation’s League Tournament that takes place annually. On Friday night, they will go head to head with the Guatemalan team at the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan. The match will be broadcast live right here on […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Rugby Belize will be hosting two international rugby legends from the twenty-second of March to the twenty-seventh. During their visit, a number of events will be taking place to raise the profile of the sport in Belize, including visits to various schools. In addition, Rugby Belize will be hosting an inter-district tournament on March twenty-sixth […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Good evening and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. It was another weekend of high-flying, goal-scoring and road-racing events across the country. We will tell you all about it in a few, but first in recognition of Child Stimulation Month, we would like to highlight two groups that are encouraging […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another exciting edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Here hoping you are having a great start to your week. He is arguably one of the most talked about players in the 2023 Belize Elite Basketball League, Kirk Smith Junior. And, this coming Friday fans will finally get to witness […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s an event that has been overshadowed by the four-day Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge, but is historical and spans almost a century. Over the weekend, the Ninety-Fourth Baron Bliss Harbour Regatta took place along Seashore Promenade and was testament to a small group of people working together to keep the tradition of […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to a special edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. It was a three-day weekend packed with sporting activities across the country.The banks along the Belize River were inundated with fans of the Twenty-Sixth Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. The annual canoe race saw a total of fifty-seven teams […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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The NORCECA U-nineteen male Continental Volleyball Championship takes place in just about a week and a half, from March thirteenth to the eighteenth, in Guatemala. The twelve athletes have been selected and will travel with the coaching delegation, an international referee and team manager on March eleventh. News Five caught up with the team as […]
Written on March 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Last week, we reported on the U-nineteen male national volleyball team and the U-twenty-one national female volleyball team making history when they were selected to compete at a higher level of the sport at the Continental Volleyball Championships. Well tonight, we can report that Belize Volleyball Association is making history once again, this time in […]
Written on March 2, 2023 | Posted in
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On Saturday, the thirty-eight CONCACAF Ordinary Congress was held in Antigua, Guatemala with delegates from its forty-one member associations, council members and guests from the global football community. While the congress saw the unanimous re-election of Victor Montagliani as President of the Confederation for another four-year term, F.F.B. President Sergio Chuc was soon after elected […]
Written on February 28, 2023 | Posted in
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With his new post, Sergio Chuc was asked about his plans for Belize and the region when it comes to further developing the sport. Here’s what he had to say. Sergio Chuc, Appointed Member, CONCACAF Council “Now that I sit on the decision making board, of course I will have to take off my […]
Written on February 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Isani Cayetano. We kick things off tonight with a look at this weekend’s National Primary School Volleyball Championships where San Marcus R.C. School dominated the competition to place first in the tournament in the male division. The San Marcus boys won the best of […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Primary School Volleyball Championships were held today at the Orange Walk Multipurpose Complex, where twelve teams in male and female categories competed for bragging rights, medals and trophies after a three-year hiatus. While they are all district champions, only one female team and one male team will walk away with the title for […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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And while the national volleyball tournament is coming to an end, National Sports Coordinator Kaya Cattouse says that there are four other countrywide competitions that will be executed before the end of this school year. Kaya Cattouse, National Sports Coordinator, National Sports Council “Of course this year we started with volleyball. We next move […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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While we were with the National Sports Coordinator, we also asked about her preparation for the 2023 Female Cross Country Cycling Classic. The Belize City Councillor is also a professional cyclist with a U.S. team, L.A. Sweat. Kaya Cattouse last won the title in 2019 and says that while her training in the U.S. is […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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In every discipline or sport there are stringent guidelines for coming out among the top finishers. And the paddlers in this year’s Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge are no different. In fact, because the race spans four days, it puts an even greater burden on them to ensure that they are in top […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize Volleyball continues to make history. It has arguably become one of the most successful sports in the country to bring international recognition and placements. Today, word spread like wildfire that the under-nineteen males and the under-twenty-one females have qualified to the Continental Volleyball Championships. It comes on the heels of the recent Central American […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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…and while there is an excitement, B.V.A. President Allan Sharp says that it will cost approximately thirty-five thousand dollars per team to attend, including acquiring specific branded jersey and footwear for each player, as mandated by NORCECA. Allan Sharp, President, Belize Volleyball Association “Cost is a big factor. In these tournaments, unlike past tournaments, […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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