The Weekend in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports….]
Written on March 25, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
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Basketball All Star Tournament in Belize City
The Ahmadiyya Basketball League is hosting its all-star basketball competition this Sunday in Belize City. The event will bring players from across the country, as well as Mexico, to compete in a number of basketball events and will show off their skills in a big match. Today, President of the Muslim Community Naveed Mangla shared […]
A Basketball Showdown between Hurricanes and Tigersharks
The NEBL Basketball regular season is quickly coming to a head as teams from across the country continue to fight for a spot in the semi-final rounds and a closer look to the 2019 championship trophy and bragging rights. As it currently stands Dangriga Dream Ballers are in the top, having lost once to the […]
Written on March 21, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Belize vs. Guyana; a clash of the Jaguars to qualify for the CONCACAF’s Gold Cup
This Saturday night it will be the clash of the Jaguars as Belize Jaguars and the Guyana Golden Jaguars go head to head to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Belize aspires to make it to the Gold Cup again and relive the historic glory of 2013. Guyana has never been and wants to give […]
Written on March 19, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Belizean Artist Music Featured on Fox PPV
American Professional boxer, Mikey Garcia, was defeated over the weekend by Errol “The Truth” Spence Junior in an I.B.F. World Welterweight Championship fight in the US. The news tonight is that even though Garcia lost the match, Punta Gorda native Brian Lambey, won major publicity. Lambey came in contact with Garcia earlier in the year […]
Written on March 18, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Weekend in Sports with James Adderley
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on March 18, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
NICH Wins Again; the Results of the Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge
The team from NICH established itself as a force at the start of the four-day Ruta Maya River Challenge race. Covering as much as one hundred and eighty miles, sixty-one teams took off from San Ignacio on Friday and paddled their way to Belize City on Monday morning. NICH would go on to win the […]
The Weekend in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
Written on March 12, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
22nd Annual Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge
The twenty-second Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge began today at the foot of the Hawkesworth Bridge in Santa Elena. Sixty-one teams of paddlers registered to take on one hundred and eighty miles of river in four days. The longest leg was completed today; after forty-nine gruelling miles of paddling, defending champions, NICH, won […]
The Weekend in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on March 4, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Cuba and the Bahamas Advance in FIBA Qualifier
The National Basketball Team will not advance to the FIBA World Cup Games to be held in 2021. Former NBA player Milton Palacio was brought in to coach the national team two weeks before the matches. Unfortunately, Belize did not make the cut. The national team thrashed Antigua and Barbuda and in a nail-biting game, […]
Written on February 25, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
James Adderley and the Weekend in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on February 25, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
The National Basketball Team is Ready to Take on Antigua, Cuba and Bahamas
The national teams from Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba and the Bahamas are in Belize for the qualifying round of the FIBA World Cup games that is taking place at the Civic Centre this weekend. The three-day international match-up begins on Friday and will determine two of the top sixteen placements, taking them one step closer […]
Meet Team Belize for the Upcoming FIBA Qualifier
The 2019 season of the National Elite Basketball League has been postponed for this week in anticipation of the regional FIBA qualifying tournament, which will be held from February twenty-second to the twenty-fourth at the Belize City Civic Center. Over the next few days, national teams from Antigua, Cuba and the Bahamas will converge in […]
Written on February 19, 2019 | Posted in People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | No comment
James Adderley with the Weekend Sports Stats
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
Written on February 18, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
An Update on F.F.B. Projects
Today, the Football Federation of Belize hosted the media in a roundtable discussion inside the conference room at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. The purpose was to update the media on where the federation is in terms of finances and the various programmes that it has launched since a new management team […]
Written on February 14, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
FIFA’s Forward Fund 2.0
FIFA is also making available to the country access to twelve million dollars over the next four years, from 2019 to 2022, to assist the federation with these projects. That assistance is extended to all member countries across the world. Jones explains how the process works and the accountability measures which come along with it. […]
Written on February 14, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
A National Amateur Beach Soccer League
You may not have heard of it, but a beach soccer competition will begin momentarily and will be hosted primarily in the south and north of the country. It’s part of the F.F.B.’s new strategy to compete as a formidable team in beach soccer. As the Federation’s Technical Director, Philip Marin told the media today, […]
Written on February 14, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Renewed Focus on Women’s Football
The Federation is also promoting the inclusion of women in the sport. It’s a big push being made by FIFA across the globe and Belize is no exception. With the team of Shane Orio and Iris Centeno, there are several tournaments for female athletes. Communications and Marketing Director at F.F.B., Yashmin Juan told the media […]
Written on February 14, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
The Weekend in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
Written on February 11, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Meet the 2018 F.F.B. Youth Awardees
An investment in football is bearing fruits for the next generation of footballers. A group of athletes from all over the country were carefully selected and honoured over the weekend for their potential in the sport. Those who made the cut, both female and males, have competed and showed remarkable skills. The programme, by the […]
Written on February 5, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
‘Big Baby’ to Challenge Anthony Joshua
Belizean-American and heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller is preparing to challenge unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua in June. Online reports are that discussions for matches between Joshua and other contenders fell apart and now the fight falls into the lap of Miller, who is also undefeated with twenty-three wins to his name. The paperwork […]
Written on February 4, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Highlights of the Weekend in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
Written on February 4, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
James Adderley: What’s Happening in Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports….]
Written on January 28, 2019 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Meet the Belize City Defenders
Week two of the National Elite Basketball League goes down tonight at the Civic Centre in Belize City. Last year’s finalist, Belize City Defenders, takes on the Belmopan Bandits in its second game of the season. The Belize City Defenders have their eyes set on the championship trophy and returned for redemption. With a strong […]
