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Sittee River invites entries for canoe race

Easter may seem far away, but one sporting committee has already issued a call to canoe enthusiasts to register for the Easter Sunday Canoe race. The Sittee River race takes place on Monday April twelfth and features three classes: professional, local, and women. Cash prizes are being offered and there is an entry fee. Other […]

Cycling, cricket, and football on Sports Monday

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned with this week’s version of Sports Monday. We begin with the B.P.F.L.’s B League clash at Sandhill field where Belize Rural All Stars caught up with Creative Tiles of Ladyville. And Henry Gillette fires this monster at Elias Hercules whose gallant attempt at save is foiled […]

Sports Council cracks whip on F.F.B.

The confrontation has been building for years. On Tuesday Cabinet decided on a course of action, yesterday the P.M. delivered the decision, and today it was left to the National Sports Council to give the details of government’s latest move to break the impasse in the national crisis over football. Janelle Chanona, Reporting By all […]

Govt. intervenes in football crisis

It’s a decision that will diminish Belizean football in the eyes of the world, but one that in the end the Government says has become necessary. In this week’s Cabinet briefing the executive has quote “supported a decision of the National Sports Council to suspend the Football Federation of Belize from representing association football in […]

Kremandala tops Hattieville in B League football

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve locked into this latest dish of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the Hattieville field where the Hattieville Sporting Club hosted Kremandala Lake of Belize City yesterday in week seven of the B.P.F.L.’s B League. We’re only seven minutes in when Paul Bradley centres into the danger […]

Selection begins for national football squad

By all accounts it has been a war waged for too long. The power struggle between the Football Federation of Belize and the Belize Premier Football league over who runs things in Belizean football is not only embarrassing the country on the international stage, but is also hampering attempts to improve the nation’s future performance. […]

Rural All Stars top Yabra United

Good evening I’m James Adderley with yet another dish of Sports Monday. Week six of the B.P.F.L.’s B League brought a monster showdown to the Sandhill field yesterday as Belize Rural All Stars hosted Yabra United of Belize City. We join the action as the host team Rural attacks with this nice heel play that […]

Rural All Stars triumph in football

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into your first taste of Sports Monday for the year 2004. Week five of the B.P.F.L.’s B League brought the Corozal Southwest Strikers to the Sandhill Field where they were hosted by the Belize Rural All Stars. In the opening minutes Zair Witz gets a look at […]

Junior rider takes New Year’s Cycling Classic

There are no hills to punish the athletes’ muscles and the route through cane fields and coastal plains lacks the forested splendour of the view from the Western Highway… but the new year’s cycling race from Corozal to Belize City, sponsored by KREM Radio, makes up for the lack of scenery with an abundance of […]

Cyclists prepare for New Year’s race

While many of Belize’s ardent cycling fans will watch the action without the benefit of a night’s sleep, the riders will have to do their celebrating after the race. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports on the first big event of 2004. Patrick Jones, Reporting Over ninety cyclists will take to the Northern Highway on January […]

Rural All Stars top Delta Sport in B.P.F.L. “B”

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another delivery of Sports Monday. Week four of the B.P.F.L.’s B League saw Rural All Stars host Delta Sport of Corozal at the Sandhill field yesterday. And it’s the All Stars looking for the early lead when Tyrone Muschamp tries for the near corner against Robel […]

Ladyville tops Corozal in B.P.F.L. play

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. With the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament concluded, we’ve turned our attention to the B.P.F.L.’s B-League currently into its third week of regular season play. So welcome to Sandhill where they pitch today displays the obvious signs of damage from the recent weather, but the show […]

Kulture Yabra wins Regent Cup

Good evening, I’m James Adderley with a fresh delivery of Sports Monday. With ten days to Christmas the Regent Insurance Cup Championship reached money time at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as Kulture Yabra of Belize City with a one game lead played host to the Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan in game two. It’s a […]

High school hoopsters compete in Belmopan

It’s going to be a major weekend for sports with the Regent’s Cup football championship on the line at the M.C.C. Grounds and a pair of high school basketball crowns up for grabs in Belmopan. News 5’s Patrick Jones caught up with Belize City’s hoop dreamers as they left for the nation’s capital. Patrick Jones, […]

Top 2003 cyclists honoured

2003 is not yet history, but one sporting organisation has already made its selection for the record books. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Fiona Humes-Gonzalez, Top Female Cyclist “It was rough, but looking at the cheque and the recognition I have received, it was worth it and I planned to work harder next […]

Yabra takes game one of Regent Cup finals

Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this edition of Sports Monday. The highly anticipated Regent Insurance Cup championship series got off to a big time start at capital city Belmopan Saturday night with Builder’s Hardware Bandits hosting Kulture Yabra of Belize City. We take you inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium where […]

Wesley College wins male championships

Tonight News 5 is pleased to bring you a Thursday serving of sports. Why the special report? Because last night was the Male Secondary School Central Division Championships, which pitted St. John’s College against Wesley College. It was a head to head almost the whole way through, so sit back and enjoy the action with […]

“Jawmeighan” takes cycling race

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and it’s that time to take another ride on Sports Monday. The final weekend of the Regent Cup Playoffs was suppose to be a showcase for the two teams advancing to the championship series, so let’s check in with Kulture Yabra to see if the Belize City team would keep […]

Sports Council pushes football settlement

Coming off a humiliating eighteen-nil loss to Guatemala, there is no dispute that the on-going battle between the Football Federation of Belize and the Belize Premier Football League has turned the Jewel into the joke of the football world. With virtually every top player in Belize participating in the B.P.F.L. tournament, and therefore ineligible to […]

Yabra and Bandits reach football finals

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re underway with this week’s dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup tournament found Kulture Yabra of Belize on the road in search of its first season win against league leading Builder’s Hardware Bandits in four tries. Of course Belmopan, with eleven points, already qualifies […]

Sagitun still winless in Regent’s Cup

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Kulture Yabra was on the road Saturday night in week four of the Regents Cup playoffs looking to rebound after last week’s 2-1 defeat at the M.C.C. Grounds. The whole world knew the defending champion Sagitun of Independence, […]

Bandits top Yabra in Regent Cup play

Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The battle of undefeated teams in the Regent Insurance Cup playoffs brought a monstrous crowd to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as Kulture Yabra hosted the Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan. So who becomes the daddy and who receives the spanking? Let’s check it out. Norman […]

Team officials explain loss in Guatemala

They didn’t come back with the gold medal they had their hearts set on, but today the Belize National Under Twenty-Two basketball team sat down with the media to report on what happened in Guatemala at last week’s regional tournament. According to the coaching staff, Belize was at a disadvantage even before the first whistle […]

Basketballers finished third, not fourth

And in a correction to an item in yesterday’s Sports Monday, Belize’s under twenty-two national basketball team finished third out of four teams in last week’s Central American invitational tournament, not fourth as reported by sportscaster James Adderley. El Salvador was the only team that Belize beat, which we did twice, while we were defeated […]

Yabra, Bandits victorious in Regent Cup playoffs

Good evening I’m James Adderley pushing another fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week two of the Regent Insurance playoffs has come and gone leaving the gap between the haves and the have-nots much wider. Let’s head to the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night where league leading Bandits with three points, take on the number one […]