After several weeks of secrecy the Belize men’s selection for the upcoming CARICOM basketball championships was unveiled late this afternoon at City Centre. News Five was on hand for the event and our reporters have just returned from the gym. A dozen giants descended on the Belize Civic Center this afternoon to play ball. The […]
While the players are eager to start the action, the coaches and administrators are also looking forward to hosting Belize’s first major regional sporting event. Patrick Jones, checked to see if they’re ready. When the tournament tips off on Friday night, organizers say the team carrying the blue, red and white will represent the best […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this CARICOM serving of Sports Monday. The fourteenth CARICOM Basketball Championships gets off at the City Centre on Friday night June nineteenth with six Caribbean nations participating. Here at the sports desk we felt there were a number of questions that needed answered before opening night so […]
Football fans who want to follow their favorite teams this weekend will have no shortage of action as the closet thing to local favorites — Mexico and Jamaica — will be playing their inaugural matches. On Saturday morning our northern neighbor takes on South Korea at nine thirty while Sunday afternoon at one the Reggae […]
Football fans who are not sure where to find their favorite World Cup team will get a little break these next few weeks, courtesy of Channel Five and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union. As was the case with the Atlanta Olympics, the broadcast rights to the competition are owned by the C.B.U., but other broadcasters and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re inside Sports Monday. The Yabra Sporting Club of Belize City went inside M.C.C. Grounds yesterday with its back against the wall, needing a win desperately against Juventud Benquena to move on to the semi-final round of the Belize Football League Knock-Out Tournament. Last week it was Juventud with […]
It may be too early to know if Belize has produced another Marion Jones, but even if she never sets a world record, there’s a young lady from Ladyville who has made us proud. Arreini Palacio reports. These may look like medals accumulate by a seasoned athlete but they belong to thirteen year old Tracy […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on a new court being laid down at City Centre just in time for the CARICOM Basketball Championships. Today the B.N.B.A. called journalists together for an update on the big event. The competition, which starts on June eighteenth at the Belize City Centre, features six female and male teams from […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. First came the NBA coach, David Greenwood then came the brand new basketball court for the Civic Centre as Belize prepares to host the fourteenth CARICOM Basketball Championship. Of course then came the first of June which brought the first rains of the month which […]
There is bad news for basketball fans as reports out of Trinidad and Tobago indicate that the T & T national basketball team has decided to withdraw from the CARICOM championships to be held next month here in Belize. According to a story carried last night on Caribbean News Line, the vice president of Trinidad’s […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this Tuesday serving of Sports Monday. Let’s start off with the B.F.L. Football Knock-Out Tournament at M.C.C. Grounds where Acros and the Yabra Sporting Club are locked in a 2-2 draw going into game 2 of this home and away series. In this ball game the winner […]
With the arrival of a brand new court for the Belize City Centre, preparations for hosting the upcoming CARICOM games have moved into maximum over drive. As News Five’s Arreini Palacio reports, organizers today turned up the pressure on the venue for the games. The Belize City Centre compound was overcome by fire trucks this […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s a fresh serving of Sports Monday. If you’ve been waiting for your dose of professional football play then yesterday was payday as the B.F.L. opened its 1998 knockout football competition with five ball games nationwide. We caught up with the action at M.C.C. Grounds and the Acros team […]
While most of the news from the world of sports has been dominated by the selection of a coach and players for the national basketball selection other sports have been engaged in some less dramatic institutional development. Over the next twelve days, teachers and volleyball coaches will be brushing up on their game skills, thanks […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this fresh serving of Sports Monday. One of the richest races on the Belizean cycling circuit just happens to be the Bel-Chi Mother’s Day Cycle Classic. So we take you out to the Capital City Belmopan for yesterday’s start of the eighth edition of this one hundred […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. There’s got to be something seriously wrong with the sports people when the National Infant A and B Track and Field Championship at the Belize Technical Grounds yesterday attracted only a handful of athletes which was so much more than the number […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. And of course we’re off to the playoffs as Reggae by d River looks to seize the 1998 Belize District Basketball title against a game rival named Maria Chang Stadium. Down 1 game in the series the Stadium come out focussed as […]
The introductory phase of the first Raleigh International expedition in Belize has ended. Today I got to meet some of the exhausted venturers as they returned to Camp Oakley in the village of Burrell Boom. Looking tired and sunburnt, all one hundred and thirteen Raleigh International volunteers returned to Camp Oakley to rest and regroup […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this hefty serving of Sports Monday. We begin with the Belize District Basketball playoffs and here we join M & M Christian Ambassadors making its final stand in the series down one game to Reggae by d River. The Ambassadors try to mount no breeze defense in […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this Cross Country edition of Sports Monday. Without doubt the Holy Saturday Cycle Race is the biggest in this nation and the 70th edition proved to be even more exciting than was anticipated. We open to Quinton “The Baddest” Hamilton affirming his participation in this prestigious ride […]
In the less than flourishing world of Belizean sport it is the one event that never fails to command the public’s unstinting support. Come Saturday morning, whether you are canoeing in Cayo, swimming in San Pedro or putting down beers in Placencia, chances are you will also be listening to the radio for news of […]
Today was sports day at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel and while many schools have such events, the one I visited today is more special than most. Despite the intense heat of the day, the young residents of Princess Royal Youth Hostel turned out in numbers, dressed in their team’s uniform, to compete in the […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. Playoff fever raged at the Civic Centre Friday night as teams made a find scramble for the 1998 Belize District Basketball Playoffs. We jump into Friday night’s opener as Regent Royals and J.L.’s Quick Loan tries to advance at each other’s expense. […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this version of Sports Monday. The Civic Center Basketball Tournament is rapidly moving into the 18th playoffs. So Friday night we took our cameras to view M & M’s Christian Ambassadors against the lowly Port Loyola Jackals. At the tip off it’s Curtis Lewis beating Andrew Robateau […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and step up to this version of Sports Monday. For a second week in a row we headed west to the Norman Broaster Stadium for a CONCACAF football with Real Verdes again in the role of host – this time against first division L.A. Firpo of El Salvador. And here […]
