The Ministry of Sports is holding a series of basketball tournaments for youths under the age of eighteen, with a view to provide them with scholarships. Through this effort, children of primary school age across the country who are skilled in the sport of basketball will be able to get a chance to enter high […]
During the COVID lockdown, sporting events were generally banned and the grass was overgrown and unkempt. But now that life has returned to a sense of normalcy and sports is back on track, public stadiums and fields need to be regularly groomed. It was no surprise today when Minister of Sports, Rodwell Ferguson stopped by […]
Pro baller Reggie Bullock arrived in Belize this afternoon and visited the Mexico Sports Center where dozens of high school students from across the city were participating in a basketball tournament. His trip to the Jewel is for some much needed rest and relaxation after his team, the Dallas Mavericks, was eliminated during the NBA’s […]
Belize suffered its first loss in a home game against the Dominican Republic in the CONCACAF Nation’s League tournament this evening. After ninety four minutes of game play, including extra time, the Dominican Republic National Team scored two goals. Team Belize scored none. While the Jaguars took many close attempts at the goal, ultimately […]
Back in Belmopan today at the Football Federation of Belize Headquarters, the U15 female national team was officially announced. Like the National Senior Men’s Team, this team will be participating in a series of UNCAF qualifying matches. These games are scheduled for August of this year. But even before then, the team heads to a […]
The Football Federation of Belize is on a mission to make it once again to the Gold Cup and for some time now, it has been readying the National Senior Men’s team who they believe can make that a reality. They officially introduced the team, which included some familiar faces, as well as some young […]
During the course of Saturday and Sunday, the Belize Basketball Federation convened tryouts, as it searches for the best athletes fifteen years old and younger who will form the male U-16 national team to compete in regional games. These qualifying matches are in the hopes of making it to the World Cup of Basketball COCABA […]
Baseline Sports out of the U.S. annually hosts a basketball event where young athletes from across the world would converge for an opportunity to be scouted by basketball clubs and universities. Last year, six Belizean athletes traveled to Las Vegas for the event and two were scouted. Unfortunately, the athletes did not sign for various […]
The CONCAFAC Games are about a month away and the National Team is in camp training for the event. Today, Football Federation of Belize National Team Director, Ian Jones told News Five that Belize has some very good players to put us in the spotlight. Ian Jones, National Team Director, F.F.B. “Ninety percent of […]
F.F.B.’s National Team Director, Ian Jones says that what they are doing at the F.F.B. is preparing youths for bigger and better chances at shining at the prime time level when they get to that stage in the next few years. Ian Jones, National Team Director, F.F.B. “We will be trying to target from […]
Two weeks ago, a Belizean rugby team went to play among others in their category in the 2022 Rugby American North Sevens Qualifiers, which was held in Nassau, Bahamas. The two-day event served as the qualifier for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England and the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. While the […]
Usher explained that he was able to score the goal not once, but three times, and it all has to do with his lightning speed, which he was able to develop from being in track and field prior to joining the rugby team. And although he admits he was a bit intimidated playing a contact […]
A call is being made for youth basketball players sixteen and younger to come out to a location near you this weekend as the Belize Basketball Federation launched its junior national team program. The regional tryouts which are being held on May twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth is a recruitment exercise where the best of the best […]
Since taking over the leadership of the federation, Jacob Leslie and his team have been pushing full steam ahead with basketball programs to develop the sport. Recently, along with the National Sports Council, a primary school basketball competition is underway; there are the regional tryouts for the male U-sixteen team that you just heard about […]
Track And Field Athletes from across the country converged at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex for the Track and Field National Championship on Saturday and Sunday. The two-day event saw athletes of all ages, with varying degrees of experience, go head to head in a number of disciplines. In the end there were those who […]
Concerned Belizean Athletes, a group reportedly made up of local athletes, is calling the leadership of Deon Sutherland, the President of the Belize Athletic Association, into question. On May fifth, 2022, the group wrote to World Athletics, the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation, and the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association accusing Sutherland […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, in partnership with Sprite, officially opened its SPRITE Live Life Basketball Youth Tournament 2022, on Saturday. The competition is seeing participation from fifteen teams across the Belize District. These are teams made up of young men who are prone to become victims of the gang warfare that plagues their communities. […]
As sporting events are resuming, the National Sports Council, in collaboration with the Belize Basketball Federation, held a press conference today to share information on the National Basketball Competition slated for later this month. The competition will feature six categories across the district: under-fifteen male and female, under-eighteen male and female and the open category, […]
So how can you register? Sports Coordinator Kaya Cattouse breaks down the tournament. Kaya Cattouse, Sports Coordinator, National Sports Council “We have national sports council officers across the country in ten different municipalities. Our sports coordinators at these offices are ready to assist in registration; registration is free of cost. You can also go […]
Twenty-one-year-old Everald Tablada was seriously injured last weekend while participating in the all-star games hosted by the Ahmadiyya Basketball League. The promising young athlete broke his leg while attempting a lay-up during one of the matches. The extent of his injury is severe and requires a surgery to repair the broken bone. Earlier today, News […]
With the relaxation of restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a return to social activities that build and strengthen the community spirit. One such recreational activity is sports. In Port Loyola, Area Representative Gilroy Usher Sr. is once again organizing a basketball tournament and is inviting talent from across the constituency to participate […]
In tonight’s edition of the Bright Side with Sabreena Daly, we bring you a special interview with a young woman not only making a name for herself in women’s football, but also bringing attention to Belize’s national female team. Here is Sabreena Daly. Jasmin Armstrong , Goalkeeper, Women’s National Football Team “Prior to this […]
The UNCAF Championships is being hosted in Belize from April twenty-fourth through to the thirtieth at the F.F.B. and the Isidoro Beaton Stadiums in Belmopan. Seven Central American countries and Puerto Rico will converge in Belize to face-off in matches in two groups. Belize’s national U-20 team is in group ‘A’ along with El Salvador, […]
The Belize National Rugby Team left the country today for Nassau, Bahamas to participate in the biggest rugby tournament this year. The team will be competing in the Rugby Americas North Commonwealth and Olympic Games Qualifiers tournament for the first time. Twenty-three countries including Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, and many others from the Caribbean and North […]
Warraich says there is a five dollar entry fee for the workshop but lunch will be provided. Meanwhile, he said the Ahmadiyya Basketball League has opened, and this weekend there will be an All Star game for young men. Imam Arslan Warraich, Belize District Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Community “In April it’s our tradition […]
