Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this crucial serving of Sports Monday. The Belizean football sub-champion Real Verdes face its second CONCACAF opposition a of the ’98 campaign. Yesterday in a role as host to Aurora of Guatemala. It’s rainy day this Sunday but the Guats still get off to a great start. […]
Unbeknownst to Belizean sporting fans, there has been an international weightlifting champion in the country since last December. Thirty four year old American David Karam, who has been studying at the Belize Medical College at Bally Gardens on the Northern Highway, is a three times World Champion Powerlifter. The athlete has also managed to beat […]
With all the holiday weekend news to report yesterday there was one story that had to wait a little longer to get on the screen. Its omission, however, in no way reflects any lack of importance. Patrick Jones reports on Sunday’s journey from the Maya site of Cerros to the town of Corozal. The benefit […]
It was the first of its kind and rarely in Belize has an inaugural event caught on with such a bang. On Friday News Five’s Patrick Jones was on hand for the start of La Ruta Maya River Challenge…and on Monday he caught the finish. Menno Penner, Canoeist “Now I know why this race named […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this offering of Sports Monday. The 1998 B.F.L. Championship series moved to the People’s Stadium for game 2 after the defending champion Juventus had taken the opening match with a 2-zip score over Acros last Sunday at the M.C.C. Grounds. So we tied to Orange Walk and […]
The last time so many people paddled down the Belize River may have been a thousand years ago… when dugout canoes filled with Maya merchants were paddled toward the coast to trade corn, cacao and cotton for jade, obsidian and sting ray spines. But the men and women propelling these narrow craft are in it […]
He was an Englishman who held the title of a Portuguese Baron. He was also a big fan of Belize who left not only his heart here but also his money. Each year a harbor regatta is held in memory of Belize’s biggest public benefactor, Baron Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss. Ten years ago on […]
With Belize’s hopes for an appearance in the World Cup of soccer later this year in France long dashed, players and fans are now relegated to cheering on the Caribbean’s sole representative – Jamaica. While most of the cheering will be done from in front of a television set, some lucky Belizeans will actually get […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. The 3 game B.F.L. Championship Series took off at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as Acros of Belize City hosted the defending champions, Juventus of Orange Walk. It’s kick off time when Marcelino Tun touches to David McColly and game 1 is underway […]
When corporate managers of Cayo Tropical Fruits Limited decided to launch their newest product Vida Purified Water, they figured the best way would be to link the occasion with water sports. And once the campaign got underway other companies were quick to jump on the band wagon, or in this case, jump into the canoe. […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and welcome to Sports Monday. This year?s annual CONCACAF campaign features Real Verdes and Juventus of Belize in action against the best football clubs of Central America. Yesterday Real Verdes began its tournament at the Norman Broaster Stadium. The Hondurans attached early off with this spot kick that almost gets […]
When you don’t usually win a whole lot of medals it really hurts when you have to give them up. But that’s exactly what may soon happen to some members of Belize’s contingent to last year’s Central American Games. On Tuesday the Olympic Association was informed that two Belizean medalists had tested positive for controlled […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and welcome to this hefty portion of Sports Monday. The Third Annual Shell Valentine Cycle Classic took center stage yesterday as some fifty riders took off around 9:10 am from San Ignacio. Of course the starting line is always a spectacle of colors and here is cycling official Melvin Torres […]
The upper levels of Belizean basketball have always been rich in raw talent but somewhat less so in organization. Today the people in charge of the Belize National Basketball Association announced plans that they hope will put this country at least on the regional map. Patrick Jones reports. It may never measure up to Madison […]
Over the last several months News Five’s Patrick Jones has become something of an expert on secondary school sports…but on Friday he covered an event, the likes of which Belize has seldom witnessed. They may be more at ease on a basketball court, or a softball diamond, but these days high school boys and girls […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and welcome to this new portion of Sports Monday. League leading Acros of Belize City headed West to the Norman Broaster Stadium yesterday in an effort to confirm a birth in the B.F.L. 3 game Championship series while for Real Verdes yesterday?s match up was all about respect. We join […]
The 1998 National Secondary School Softball Tournament opens Friday afternoon in the nation’s capital. Eight teams, four male and four female, will make the journey to the Dora Beaton Stadium in Belmopan to compete in the knockout tournament being held under the patronage of the Principals Association and Texaco Belize Limited. Independence High’s boys and […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and welcome to this first serving of Sports Monday. The two top professional football clubs of the Jewel clashed for the lead in the standings of the BJL playoffs yesterday at the MCC Grounds and was it a monster. Yes it was defending champion Juventus of Orange Walk facing undefeated […]
Coming off a less than stirring performance in last month’s Central American Games you’d think that morale among Belize’s athletes, coaches and officials would be at low ebb. And perhaps it is, but that doesn’t mean that all is lost, as today the nation’s next generation of medal contenders demonstrated their skills at the national […]
Good evening?I?m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. The BFL playoffs brought a pivotal showdown to La Isla Bonita on Sunday as the mighty San Pedro Dolphins played host to undefeated Acros of Belize City in an effort to keep its waning title hopes alive. It?s only three minutes into the […]
Good evening I?m James Adderly and welcome to this fresh serving of Sports Monday. If ever there was a backmatch to threaten the stability of the Belize Football League, the long awaited 1st round showdown between Juventus of Orange Walk and Acros of Belize City absolutely fits that bill. Mercifully it was finally concluded yesterday […]
The youthful participants came from as far away as Australia and Vietnam but in the end it was the karate kids from south of the border who stole the show. The Belize Junior National Team of fifteen young people was one of the smallest contingents to compete in the World Congress of Martial Arts seventh […]
Good Evening?I?m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. National defending BFL champion Juventus of Orange Walk took its undefeated record into the Norman Broaster Stadium against a struggling Real Verdes ball club. Let?s pick up the action. Right off the bat we?re not sure if Carlos Rodriguez wants to shake Fred […]
