It’s a sporting organisation that counts its revenues in the billions–that’s billions with a “b”–and today the man at the top paid a visit to our shores. The ostensible reason was to dedicate a new training facility; the more immediate concern, however, was the rift that threatens to kill the sport. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this latest version of Sports Monday. Week ten of the Belize Premier Football League found defending champion Kulture Yabra of Belize City being hosted at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio by Acros Real Verdes. Actually, this match-up seems to be a tail of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked on to this fresh dish of Sports Monday. The mad rush to make the four team playoffs in the Belize Premier Football League continues unabated with five weeks to go before the blade of elimination officially falls. Yesterday’s clash at the M.C.C. Grounds found the Builder’s Hardware […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome on board for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. After a one week break, the Belize Premier Football League resumed regular season play over the weekend. We take you out west to the week eight shootout at the Norman Broaster Stadium as Acros Real Verdes plays host to […]
It’s not a sport that one immediately associates with the rough and tumble nation of Belize… but with the game of golf spreading to virtually every corner of the globe, it was only a matter of time until Belizeans got a chance to experience the frustration of trying to hit a tiny white ball with […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. After seven weeks of regular league play, the Belize Premier Football League finally staged its All Star match at the M.C.C. Grounds Saturday night under lights to herald the arrival of the halfway point of this particular competition. […]
On Saturday night the M.C.C. Grounds will become a hallowed place in the world of Belizean football as stars from clubs all over the country will participate in the league’s first mid-season All-Star Game. Janelle Chanona has more. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For fans and players alike, the Belize Premier Football League’s All-Star Game is slated […]
Late breaking news tonight out of the Belize Olympic Association is that Cuba will not be participating at this year’s Central American and Caribbean Games. According to officials, the Cubans have told their counterparts in the host city of San Salvador, that their intelligence agency has learned of a plot to assassinate the President of […]
One former member of Belize’s national team who won’t be in San Salvador is Milton Palacio. He’s busy in the N.B.A. Milt’s debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers last night was not particularly high scoring, as the fourth year guard was only one-for-four from the field and one-for-two from the free-throw line for a total of […]
It seems like the N.B.A. finals only just ended…but here it is, the beginning of another season of U.S. professional basketball. What makes tonight’s opening worth mentioning is that our own Milton Palacio, after bouncing around the league as a backup guard for the last three season on three different teams, will likely form part […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just stepped aboard this flight of Sports Monday. Our first destination takes us to the Ricalde Stadium where yesterday Corozal’s Victory played host to O.W.’s Juventus in B.P.F.L. football action. As we go to the picture, you might be confused by the near resemblance in sportswear displayed by […]
It may still be two months away, but organizers of a cycling marathon tour are busy promoting the one of a kind event. Since the Edward P. Yorke Cycling Club was established three years ago, it has been working hard to promote the sport in high schools. On December sixth and seventh, the club will […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week six of the Belize premier Football League competition found the Corozal Victory almost at the bottom of the eight team standings, ahead of only winless Griga United as they marched into the M.C.C. Grounds for Sunday’s shoot-out […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the B.P.F.L. semi-pro football season found Acros Real Verdes of San Ignacio inside the People’s Stadium against Orange Walk’s Juventus. Would Juventus prevail as it did against Kulture Yabra on Wednesday night at the M.C.C. Grounds? It’s […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The heavy rains over the weekend forced the postponement of yesterday’s match between defending semi-pro champion Kulture Yabra of Belize City, and former champion, Juventus of Orange Walk at the M.C.C. Grounds, which obviously left us bereft of footage. Nevertheless, we can tell you San […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley, and you’re right on time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week II of the Belize Premier Football League competition took our cameras to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday, where the defending champion Kulture Yabra held fort against the visiting Acros Verdes of San Ignacio. And here we see the […]
Today, the General Secretary and an executive member of the Football Federation of Belize resigned from their positions. This evening, Ruperto Vicente and Gina Zabaneh held a joint press conference to tell the media that their decision was based on several differences they had with the Federation and President Bertie Chimilio’s unwillingness to correct those […]
God evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad you could join us for this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. One of the sporting activities to debut in this year’s national celebration is the one hundred and seventy mile Extreme Canoe Race which left San Ignacio at 3:42 p.m. on our independence day Saturday, September […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome to this lion edition of Sports Monday. Many of us eagerly awaited the third Lion Man Triathlon staged on Sunday. And for the first time ever in its three-year history, some forty-one athletes, including three females, made a bid for this prestigious title. Now here’s a look at […]
Calling all football fans…this weekend, you can pick, chose and refuse which games you want to watch in different parts of the country. According to the Belize Premier Football League, as part of the official opening of the Regent Insurance Anniversary Cup 2002-2003, there will be four hotly contested match-ups: Griga United against Corozal Victory […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to this phat version of Sports Monday. Our national celebrations have brought with it the usual flurry of sporting activities. Saturday night at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall it was Belizean bodybuilding in full bloom. We open to this display of abdominals by the three […]
It’s not exactly the kind of sport that parents urge their kids to take up at an early age. But despite its reputation as a pastime practised in dark rooms in the company of smoke and liquor, the art of billiards is alive and well. Last night News 5’s Janelle Chanona was in the audience […]
James Adderley Good Evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Yesterday the Belize Cycling Associating staged a criterium ride around the Princess Margaret Drive to kick off the national celebrations here in the city. And at the start, there are some thirty of Belize’s best cyclists in the hunt for today’s win in […]
It had all the ingredients of a romantic adventure, including a beautiful river and moonlit night. But, as News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports, that’s where the similarities ended. Janelle Chanona, Reporting No, it’s not the Ruta Maya…but these persistent paddlers probably wish it was. Believe it or not, these eight men and one woman started […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re logged on to a fresh dish of Sports Monday. The double elimination format had already landed on two of the eight teams when action resumed in the twelfth Women’s Softball Championship Saturday at Rogers Stadium. And yes folks, we’ve got it all. We open things to […]
