Belize Jaguars Return Home after Win Against Turks & Caicos
They are home. The national male football team, the Belize Jaguars, touched down at the P.G.I.A. this afternoon after defeating Turks and Caicos on Tuesday with a whopping final score [...]
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Belize Jaguars Blow Out Turks & Caicos
The Belize Jaguars triumphed this afternoon by trouncing Turks and Caicos with a final score of five-nil in the second World Cup qualifier being played by our men’s national team. [...]
Written on March 30, 2021 | Posted in Featured,People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | Comments Off
Coach Dale Pelayo is Happy with Belize Vs Haiti Score!
As you know by now, the Belize Jaguars lost their match against Haiti by two-nil. So, on Saturday, the coaching staff and two members held a zoom interview with the [...]
Written on March 29, 2021 | Posted in People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | Comments Off
Belize Jaguars Ready for Turks & Caicos Game!
Also joining the discussion were Belize Jaguars players Woodrow West and Deon McCaulay. The two players told reporters what they hope to do differently for the next match which is [...]
Written on March 29, 2021 | Posted in People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | Comments Off
International Sports Coverage of Attack on Belize Jaguars
The story of what happened to the Belize Jaguars when the landed in Port-au-Prince on Monday has gotten considerable international sports coverage. CBS Sports to TMZ, Al Jazeera and even [...]
The Game Goes On; Belize Meets Haiti in Port-au-Prince
Thursday’s World Cup Qualifier between Belize and Haiti will proceed as scheduled, that’s a decision taken by FIFA following an investigation by a match commissioner who was dispatched to the [...]
Fate of World Cup Qualifier to be Decided by Match Commissioner
The first round of World Cup Qualifiers between Belize and Haiti is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Sylvio Cator Stadium in Port-au-Prince. At news time this evening, an investigation [...]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in Crime,Featured,People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | Comments Off
2 More Volleyball Players Get Athletic Scholarships to U.S. College
Two Belizean volleyball athletes were scouted back in 2019 when they competed in a regional match in Mexico. Fast track to 2021, they are both now preparing to relocate to [...]
COVID-19 Pandemic Throws Wrench into Volleyball Activities
Volleyball has, over the recent years, developed into one of the top sports in the country, with our male and female national teams becoming regional champions. The successes are attributed [...]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in Sports | Comments Off
Volleyball Association Makes Appeal to G.O.B.
Despite the hiccup caused by the pandemic, Belize has a strong chance of advancing to the Commonwealth Games. But to do so, its female and male national teams must participate [...]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in Sports | Comments Off
Belize Jaguars Are Held at Gunpoint upon Arrival in Haiti
On Friday, the Football Federation of Belize introduced the men’s national team which will be participating in a series of regional matches ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar [...]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in Crime,Featured,People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | Comments Off
Belize Jaguars ready for the World Cup Qualifiers
In case you missed it, the Football Federation of Belize presented its official roster for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The team was selected after a series of cuts [...]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in Sports | Comments Off
La Ruta Maya 2021 is Cancelled
COVID-19 has claimed another event casualty. Today it was announced that the Belikin La Ruta Maya River Challenge traditionally held on the extended March weekend has been cancelled. The organizing [...]
Belize Gets Ready for World Cup Qualifiers
The Belize National ‘A’ Team is getting ready to embark on the qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar 2022. For almost a year, the football players haven’t been able [...]
Belize’s Rakeem Nunez-Roches Plays in the Super Bowl
Millions tuned in to the Super Bowl on Sunday, including many here at home who were glued to the TV screen to see one player in particular: Rakeem Nunez-Roches. He [...]
Belizean Beast Rakeem Nunez Roches in Superbowl LV
From Culture Capital to the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida for one of the world’s biggest sporting events. This year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one of the qualifying teams [...]
Independence Games Belize 2021
Meanwhile on the home front, organizers say it will be one of the biggest multi-sporting events ever to be held in Belize. It is being organized to coincide with the [...]
Wayne Casimiro is the New Head Coach for Women’s Football
Wayne Casimiro has been named the head coach of women’s football for the Football Federation of Belize. Casimiro is no stranger to the sport; the football athlete turned teacher began [...]
The Return of the Gyms
It’s the second day that gyms across the country have been able to reopen since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in March 2020. Since then, gyms have been [...]
Marion Jones – It’s More Than Meets the Eye
Earlier this week, we reported on the pending handing over of the Belize City Center to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The building is the last structure to be [...]
Sports Minister Sets the Record Straight
Minister of Sports Kevin Bernard is setting the record straight. Bernard says that he was deeply offended when he heard that a group of footballers, who were caught practicing, told [...]
Sports Minister to Rehabilitate and Upgrade the People’s Stadium
We also asked Minister Kevin Bernard about the People’s Stadium in Orange Walk Town. The facility was used regularly for sporting and other big events, but since COVID-19, it has [...]
The White Elephant that is the Belize City Center
The Belize City Center was inaugurated with much fanfare when it opened its doors on April thirtieth, 2018. That was at least two years before COVID-19 became a reality. In [...]
Youth Football Athletes Engaged in Online Training
Even Football training is going online. The Football Federation of Belize announced today that it is investing eighteen thousand U.S. dollars in developing its youth players. The money is to [...]
Verdes FC Withdraws from Scotiabank Tournament Due to COVID-19
Verdes Football Club has reached the end of the road for its participation in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League Tournament after several of its players and members of the coaching staff [...]
