It’s one of Belize’s most passionately followed sports, and there is always a hefty helping of nationalism surrounding the outcome of the biggest cycle race of the year. News 5 hit the road early this morning and met up with the competitors from both home and abroad. Janelle Chanona, Reporting After hundreds of hours of […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley with this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament found Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan hosting the San Pedro Seahawks inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night. Immediately off the kick off, the Bandits try to grab the lead when Andy Hunt displays nice […]
The competition has been heating up all year and the stage is now set for cycling’s biggest day on Holy Saturday. To get the hype going even more, the Belize Cycling Association today unveiled the 2004 edition of its souvenir cross country publication. News 5’s Patrick Jones took the opportunity to do some reading. Patrick […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s version of Sports Monday. The fifth National Road Championship spanned three major highways and brought out some eighty athletes in various categories for the only event in the cycling calendar that is exclusive to Belizean riders. We join the eight a.m. start at the outskirts of Dangriga […]
It’s been simmering just below the news radar for quite some time, but today the apparent collapse of Belize’s national basketball programme took on a very public face. The occasion was a poorly attended press conference at the Belize City Centre Conference Room where a pro-tem committee headed by Fred Garcia Junior attempted to discuss […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s the latest version of Sports Monday. Saturday night two undefeated teams in the third week of the B.P.F.L. semi-pro clashed at Capital City Belmopan as the Builder’s Hardware Bandits hosted the red hot Juventus ball club of Orange Walk. With the support of the home crowd, the Bandits […]
The comic tragedy or tragic comedy that Belizean football has become reached a new low point today when we read over the Reuters wire that the World Cup qualifying match set for June between Belize and Canada will now be moved from the jewel to the shores of Lake Ontario. That means both games of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week two of the B.P.F.L.’s semi-pro football season took the defending champions, Benny’s Kulture Yabra of Belize City north to the People’s Stadium in search of its first season win. At the very least, it was not going to be an easy win against the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with fresh dish of the longest running TV sports show in the country. The Belize Cycling Association staged the twenty-second running of on Sunday–a hundred mile ride that brought the best cyclist to the Western Highway. We go immediately to the big finish at Constitution Park where the 2004 edition […]
It’s an event synonymous with Baron Bliss Day itself, the Harbour Regatta. And while the organisers have met some stiff competition lately and have been struggling with sponsorship, they have no intention of giving up… In fact, this year’s race promises to be better than ever, and even more accessible to the public. Jacqueline Woods, […]
It’s always a beautiful sight…canoes setting off from the Macal River and heading downstream. And the excitement surrounding La Ruta Maya River Challenge grows every year, as the event draws hundreds of paddlers and thousands of spectators to the banks of the Macal and Belize Rivers. Patrick Jones was standing on the sidelines at daybreak […]
Some competitors went into training the day after last year’s race finished, while for others, getting in shape consisted of drinking an extra Guinness… But that’s what makes the Ruta Maya canoe race so much fun. The starting gun sounds on the 2004 edition just after dawn tomorrow morning… and tonight some of the organisers […]
It’s a game that was born on the ice covered ponds of the far frozen north, and certainly not something you would have ever imagined being played in the tropical climes of Belize. But with the adaptation of some tiny rubber wheels and a whole lot of concrete, the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout is […]
He was a Trinidadian by nationality, but during the late 1970s and early 80s there was not a Belizean who didn’t claim him as our own. Fitzroy Guisseppi, the boxer who achieved his greatest glory in Belize, died on Saturday night in Jamaica. The fifty-five year old suffered an apparent heart attack while watching a […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s version of Sports Monday. The Belize Premier Football League kicked off the annual semi-pro season with the customary marathon package that saw all eight teams converge on the M.C.C. Grounds. We join the action in the first round as the defending regular season champion Kulture Yabra face […]
The latest goal scored in the pitched battle for control of football in Belize was made by the Football Federation of Belize today when the Supreme Court granted them leave to apply for an order of certiorari. The order would nullify the decision of the National Sports Council, which cancelled the F.F.B.’s registration as a […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. Week ten of the B.P.F.L.’s B League took us to Sandhill field yesterday where Creative Tiles held court against archrival Delta Sports of Belize City. We join the action as Delta Sport goes on the attack and this pass from Thomas Rodriguez should […]
The ongoing dispute in football has now entered the legal realm as this morning, the Football Federation of Belize filed a suit in the Belize Supreme Court against the National Sports Council. A release put out by the F.F.B. states, “The suit asks for judicial review in the form of an order quashing the January […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. Besides new love, colourful flowers, and sweet things Valentine’s Day brings with it the prestigious eighty-eight mile cycle race that takes centre stage on the Western Highway. We take you to the nine a.m. start inside San Ignacio and we […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this latest issue of Sports Monday. Week eight of the B.P.F.L. B League took us right back to the Sandhill Field where the Belize Rural All Stars hosted Lazio of Orange Walk on Sunday. From the opening whistle the Stars go offensive and on this first press come up […]
This weekend, Orange Walk will be invaded by hundreds of players, teachers, parents, fans, and education officials; all there to witness the battle for the national championship in primary school basketball. The People’s Stadium will host a male and female team from each district, and this morning the Most Valuable Players from those teams showed […]
It’s a situation that has dragged on for so long that it should come as no surprise that football in Belize seems destined to remain between the rock of stupidity and the hard place of egos and agendas. As we reported on Tuesday, meetings between the Belize Premier Football League, the Football Federation of Belize […]
It was to be a pivotal moment in the ongoing dispute between the Football Federation of Belize and the National Sports Council …that is the arrival of the General Secretary of CONCACAF Chuck Blazer. But tonight the only direction football is going is nowhere. According to the Belize Premier Football League, they were forced to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just made that connection with this latest issue of Sports Monday. Week seven of the B.P.F.L.’s B League competition brought Creative Tiles of Ladyville and Lazio of Orange Walk to the Sandhill Field on Sunday in a battle for three points. Folks, we’re just about five minutes in […]
With the current lull in professional sports, attention has shifted to competition in the amateur leagues, and particularly our schools. Yesterday at the Belize City Centre Patrick Jones was in the stands as primary students fought it out for the district basketball title. Patrick Jones, Reporting The competition started out with eight teams, four males […]
