The national under-fifteen football team has made Belize proud with their performance at the 2013 CONCACAF U-fifteen Championship being held in the Grand Cayman Islands. Last Friday, the team had its first match with St. Lucia where it defeated that team one-nil and then went on to beat Jamaica. On Tuesday night, the young athletes […]
The Belize Female Junior National Volleyball Team is stirring up a storm in Honduras, where it is representing Belize in the U-18 Central American Championship. Held in San Rosa de Copan, Honduras, the team has faced the host country, as well as El Salvador and smashed the competition. But, there are still several other games […]
The Belize Volley Ball Association has sent the Female Junior National team to Santa Rosa de Copan Honduras, to participate in the Central American Championship. In its first game on Monday against Honduras the Belize team won all three sets. Top scorer was Sherika Burton with fourteen points and followed closely by Jahshema Saunders with […]
Volleyball is not the only team sport that Belizean women are taking to international tournaments. The National Under Twenty Female Football team departed the country earlier today for Honduras to play in a CONCACAF series. Duane Moody headed to the airport and spoke to members of the team about their expected performance. The national […]
They have been recognized internationally by CONCACAF and FIFA for integrity during the recent Gold Cup…and this past weekend Team Belize’s Ian Gaynair and Woodrow West also received the Eagle Award for integrity and sportsmanship. The recognition was bestowed by Galen University during its graduation ceremonies, and acknowledges the character of both men for refusing […]
It was a big weekend for Galen, as on the heels of graduation the university also welcomed back its triumphant heroes, the Galen Eagles. The well regarded basketball team just returned from a tournament in Bacalar in which it trashed its competition and emerged victorious. And if that isn’t enough good news for Galen, the […]
While the Belize Jaguars’ inaugural trip to CONCACAF’s annual Gold Cup Competition in July was somewhat disappointing, the under-fifteen delegation currently competing in a regional championship tournament in the Cayman Islands has fared off much better. Despite falling to Guatemala one-nil on Sunday, the baby Jaguars have been holding their own defeating Jamaica by an […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. There’s a new spirit prevailing inside the Cycling Community as the Belize Cycling Association heads into the 1st General Election for the National Body on Saturday, August 25th at 2 p.m. inside the University of the West Indies Open Campus here in Belize City. We […]
The under-twenty female football team is leaving Belize on Tuesday to represent Belize in the UNCAF tournament in Comayagua, Honduras. The team has been preparing since July for the tournament which is a qualifying game for the CONCACAF elimination games that will be held in the Cayman Island in January. The UNCAF tournament is broken […]
The Ballers for Life Basketball Summer Camp closed this morning with a rally and inter-district competition at the Saint John’s College gymnasium in Belize City. It’s a program hosted by the Belize Basketball Federation throughout the country and today seven hundred youths from as far as Punta Gorda and Corozal came together in one location […]
The performance of the Jaguars at the recent Gold Cup Games is still the subject of debate. The lack of resources was a rallying cry, but tonight here is some good news for the Football Federation of Belize. This morning the organization sealed a deal with a Central American company to modernize at least one […]
A team of young football athletes is representing the jewel in the CONCACAF U-fifteen Championship being held in the Cayman Islands. And today in their first match against St. Lucia, team Belize beat that country one-nil. The tournament will see participation from Central American and Caribbean countries as well as CONCACAF member states. And Belize’s […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. Let’s head to the Norman Broaster Stadium where Atlantic Bank interdistrict football competition staged the semi-final match between Triple B and DFC Gentle Touch inside the Norman Broaster stadium, Saturday afternoon. After last week’s 2-1 in game 1 of the 2 game semi-final series, […]
The University of Belize-Office of Student Affairs today presented the recipients of this year’s Student Athlete, Barton and UB Alumni scholarships. The students were selected based on academic and athletic capabilities and are from all over the country. The scholarships cover a period of one year and are renewable. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. […]
Belize has seen the departure and return of the U-sixteen football team from the Copa Nacional Gladiadores Merida and the Jaguars from the Gold Cup. Another set of athletes hopes to bring back gold to the jewel. A group of female soft ballers departed from the Philip Goldson International Airport this morning. The national team […]
The Belize jaguars did not bring home the medal, but an up and coming team of young footballers in an international competition in Merida have made the jewel proud. The Youth with a Mission Under-seventeen football team competed against Mexican and other teams and were able to clinch a third place in the competition. The […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. The FFB’s female interdistrict football competition saw two arch rivals take to the arena as DFC Gentle Touch took aim at Triple B in a pivotal ball game for both clubs. Folks were in the 2nd minute of the ball game when Kiana Martinez threads […]
The National Football Selection fought extremely hard to be part of the CONCACAF games in the United States. Carrying the Belize brand of Jaguars, the team that had players with fulltime office jobs accomplished a tremendous task for being in the competition with some of the world’s best players. While some teams had millions of […]
The Jaguars, Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair, are still in the United States of America spending time with their families. West and Gaynair were honored at the final game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday for the integrity that they displayed during the games. West and Gaynair were offered a bribe from a match […]
Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair notified CONCACAF about the match fixer who was offering them thousands of dollars to lose the game at a specified score. CONCACAF recognized the players’ “bravery and commitment to preserving the integrity of our game.” Following Belize’s participation in the tournament, they were invited to Chicago to watch the finals […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The decisive game 5 between Telemedia and Fresca Lady Rebels took center stage inside Rogers Stadium Friday evening as the winner would walk away with the 2013 Belize City Female Softball Championship. We pick up the action in the bottom of the 1st with 2 […]
The Belize Jaguars did not advance to the other round of the Gold Cup, but they made a positive impact on the CONCACAF games. Team members, Woodrow West blocked many goal attempts in the three games played with the United States, Costa Rica and Cuba while Ian Gaynair scored the only game for Belize. The […]
In a present society that is rife with moral decay the old proverb “honesty is the best policy” has all but lost its meaning. So, when two members of the Belize National A Selection blew the whistle on a potential match fixer in Portland, prior to the Jaguars taking on the United States in round […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente has also commended the boys for their honesty. An invitation for the pair to fly to Chicago on Friday was the result of an email correspondence between Vicente and the competition’s organizers. He also spoke with News Five earlier today and reiterated the need for honesty and sportsmanship in football. […]
An under-sixteen football team from the west was on a friendly tournament in Merida last week and their performance caught the attention of organizers since they lost only one of the five days of games. As a result, the team has been invited to compete in another tournament in Merida. Twelve teams from five different […]
