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VI miss out as Jamaica crowned RAN Sevens Champions
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Jamaica Men and Mexico Women have been crowned the 2017 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Champions. Both teams have booked their ticket to Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco as well as the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organisation (CACSO) Games.
VI competing in Rugby Americas North Sevens Tournament
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – A team representing the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) arrived safely in Mexico on Friday November 24, 2017 to take part in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens tournament, with Commonwealth Games qualification at stake.
Mexico beat T&T in NORCECA World C/ship qualifier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mexico defeated Trinidad and Tobago in a five-set thriller 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 15-9) to win the NORCECA Group C FIVB Women’s World Championship Qualifier, on Sunday October 15, 2017.
Beware monster weed
By Dickson Igwe
Sargassum is destroying Mexico’s tourism economy. Could the monster weed do the same thing in the wider Caribbean? The following narrative is an extract from the Washington Post of October 28, 2015, a story titled, “Mexico deploys its navy to face its latest threat: Monster seaweed.”
Strongest hurricane ever recorded in Western Hemisphere heading to Mexico
MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — Residents of a stretch of Mexico's Pacific Coast dotted with resorts and fishing villages boarded up homes and bought supplies ahead of Friday's arrival of Hurricane Patricia, a monster Category 5 storm that forecasters say is the strongest ever recorded in the Western hemisphere.
Mexico win 13th CONCACAF U20 Championship
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, WI - Mexico outlasted Panama 4-2 on penalty kicks to capture the 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship after their final ended in a 1-1 draw on Saturday at the Montego Bay Sports Complex.
Harrigan-Scott seeks 3 peat as 100m CAC Champion
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Tahesia Harrigan-Scott will be looking to make a little bit of history at the Caribbean and Central American (CAC) Games in Mexico, when she bids to become the first English Speaking Caribbean Runner to win 100m Gold three times.
Penn & Farrington welcomed to the 22nd CAC Games!
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, –The Virgin Islands welcome ceremony jointly with Aruba and Bahamas was held on Wednesday November 12, 2014 at the World Trade Center in Vera Cruz, Mexico for the 22nd Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.
VI CAC Team to compete in Squash & Track & Field
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) has today November 5, 2014 confirmed the names of the athletes who will represent the Virgin Islands at the XXII Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games , which are being held in Vera Cruz, Mexico from 14 – 30 November 2014.
Reggae Girlz Out of CONCACAF contention
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz were eliminated from the CONCACAF Women’s Championship after crashing to a 3-1 defeat against Mexico on Tuesday October 21, 2014 at the RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C., USA.