Good evening and welcome to this scintillating edition of Sports Monday. The road to the BFL Football Championships for Kulture Yabra of Belize City, led them South to the Michael Ashcroft Stadium Saturday night where they faced the playoff leader Sagitun of Independence in a must win situation. For the host team, becoming the first […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and we’re glad you could join us for this fresh serving of Sports Monday. Playoff fever has gripped the Belize Football League and two contenders clashed inside the Carl Ramos Stadium in what can only be described as a pivotal showdown. So let’s head to Dangriga where Grigamandala plays host […]
Cooperation between the nations of Belize and Cuba continues to grow, this time in the field of sports. Reports from our embassy in Cuba indicate that this afternoon Belize’s Director of Sports; Clara Cuellar met with the head of Cuba’s National Sports Institute, Humberto Rodriguez. As a result of the discussions Cuba has offered the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and you’re right on time for this new dish of Sports Monday. After loosing 2 in a row, Kulture Yabra returned to the friendly confines of the MCC for the must win home stand against La Victoria of Corozal on Sunday. With a sense of urgency, Yabra opens aggressively as […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and welcome to this post Easter portion of Sports Monday. The brilliance of the Belizean sunrise coupled with the wide array of colours worn by the athletes brought a magical picture to start the 72nd Annual Cross Country Cycle Classic staged on Saturday. About a 130 riders including cyclists from […]
This afternoon the public got a chance to see some of the athletes who will be competing in the 72nd Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic. The occasion was the annual cycling parade. It started behind the Supreme Court and took riders through the principal streets of Belize City. The race is 144 miles long […]
With less than three days to go before the 72nd running of the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Race, a last minute controversy has arisen over the entry of foreign riders, who are alleged to be “ringers”: top class professionals disguised as lesser riders. After exercising his due diligence, however, Cycling Association President Gerald Garbutt […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and you’re tuned in to another edition of Sports Monday. The National Football Team of Belize put its squabbling aside to face the real opposition yesterday at the People’s Stadium playing host El Salvador in Game II of the World Cup Qualifying series after losing Game I 5-zip at San […]
Strong young men in tight spandex shorts…no wonder Belizean women are among the biggest fans of the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic. Tonight News Five’s Janelle Chanona, quite a fan herself, takes a look at what to expect in this year’s competition. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The end of every Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling […]
Last year’s finale could not have been more exciting and today the Belize Basketball Association announced plans for its upcoming season which will hopefully build on the success of 1999. Friday night, June 2nd is opening night with a rematch between defending champs Phoenix-Footlocker Raiders and runners-up BTL Nets. The league’s press released anticipated at […]
Today was the day of reckoning for an unhappy national football selection and a highly criticized Belize National Football Association. In the end while all was not necessarily peace and love, it appears that at least some common sense prevailed. Janelle Chanona, Reporting After missing three practice sessions, Belize’s national selection football team was back […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and you’re strapped in for another ride on Sports Monday. After four straight wins in the current BFL playoffs undefeated Grigamandala took its unblemished record into the Norman Broaster Stadium against a re-surging Real Verdes, knowing full well it wasn’t going to be an easy task to pick up the […]
With the ongoing crisis over our national football team still awaiting resolution it may seem premature to bring up the subject…but guess what? In less than three months it will be time for the Caricom basketball championships. We have just received word that this year’s games will be held in Barbados beginning June 29th. With […]
The fire off the football field continues to burn today as both the players and association have received support from the sidelines. Today the National Sports Council denied accusations, made by Trenton Miller, Vice President of the Belize National Football Association, alleging interference and subversive activities. The council says it is concerned about the action […]
They say money is the root of all evil and according to the Belize National Football Association (BNFA), it’s also behind a long list of demands made today by Belize’s national football team. A press release signed by 19 well-known footballers including Norman “Tilliman” Nunez and Malakai Nolberto, requests “respect from the coach, a better […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and you’re right on time for this fresh serving of Sports Monday. With the resumption of the BTL football playoffs, the city fans were wondering if Kulture Yabra still had the good vibes flowing. So we went to the M.C.C. Grounds to find out as Poppa Brown’s team hosted the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and you’re in tuned to Sports Monday. The mad dash for the best position in the volleyball playoffs set to begin this Tuesday brought a monster ticket to the City Center Saturday night. We pick up the action in the first set between Cayo Wolverines and Sagitun and it’s the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. Three Central American nations gathered at the Rogers Stadium over the weekend, for an international invitational presented by the Belize Softball Federation, in celebration of the induction of Charles Solis and Pat Bennett into the International Hall of Fame. And here, flying […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and you’re right on time for this most recent serving of Sports Monday. For sure folks us Belizean sports fans couldn’t be happy with the result from the heavy actions over the weekend. The worst disappointment came from the CONCACAF ballgame at Corozal as winless La Victoria hosted Olympia of […]
Tonight bruised muscles are still being massaged and many a back are still sore, the result of the strenuous strokes invested in the La Ruta Maya competition over the weekend. Sheer determination and mental and physical strength brought all the teams over the finish line. When the race left the Hawkesworth bridge, on March 3rd, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and you’re strapped in for this rough ride of Sports Monday. St. John’s College have remained the undefeated powerhouse in the Central division of High School Basketball through regular season and the playoffs and were certainly the favorite to grab game one of the three game championship series against E. […]
Europe may have the Tour de France, the United States might boast the Iron Man Challenge but here in Belize, we’ve got the La Ruta Maya River Challenge. “Ruta Maya” is basically four days of INTENSE paddling down 174 miles of the Macal and Belize Rivers but every year, more and more people decide to […]
They range from die-hard paddlers to weekend warriors to city slickers looking for a little action. Tonight, they’re all packing up and heading to San Ignacio for a last minute meeting before Friday morning’s start of La Ruta Maya River Challenge. The three-day canoe race begins at 6:30am at the Hawkesworth Bridge. The race ends […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and welcome to this fresh portion of Sports Monday. In a bid to achieve gold, the Belize Amateur Boxing Association opted to host this year’s Copa Maya at the Civic Center, with participation from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. First to come up, with the precious metal was Joseph Egan, […]
He was the most valuable player on Belize’s miraculous Caricom championship basketball team. And today–against all odds–Milton Palacio is a rookie point guard in the most prestigious and formidable league in the world: the NBA. Tonight at seven-thirty, Channel Five will present a half hour special report on Palacio in which we talk to his […]
