The Highlights of the Weekend Sporting Activities
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Written on June 25, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
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Highlights of the Weekend Sporting Activities
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on June 18, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Over-40 Football Tops Sports Monday
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of weekend sporting activities….]
Written on June 11, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Oscar Quiroz Races Omnium Event in Georgia
Twenty-four-year-old cyclist Oscar Quiroz departed the country on Thursday to compete in the fifth annual Healthy Newton Omnium. It’s a competitive cycling race being held in Newton County in Georgia, U.S.A on June ninth and tenth. Quiroz, who was invited to compete by one of the sponsors of the race, says it is his first […]
Belizeans to Russia for Football and Friendship
Two young ballers are on their way to Russia tonight to participate in an international programme organized by FIFA. It is called Football for Friendship and brings children from all over the world to celebrate peace and the need for respect for different cultures. News Five’s Duane Moody caught up with Christopher Young and Joseph […]
Jaguars Held by Barbados; Tridents to Visit Belize in August
The national selection football team, the Belize Jaguars, is heading back home after playing a friendly match on Sunday in Barbados against that country’s national team, known as the Tridents. The team did not score a goal but neither did the Tridents on their home field. The match, however, provides valuable experience to the Jaguars […]
Sports Monday Covers Basketball Final
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Written on June 4, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Jaguars to Barbados for Friendly Match
The Belize Jaguars left for Barbados today for a friendly match with that island’s national team. The Jaguars are hoping that the friendly matches with Caribbean teams will help them evaluate their play in their bid to advance to the CONCACF’s Gold Cup in 2019. The game takes place this weekend and will be followed […]
Basketball Final Tops Sports Monday
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Written on May 28, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
New Football Champion and Nail-Biting Basketball Playoffs on Sports Tuesday
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Written on May 22, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
The Best of Weekend Sports
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on May 14, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Appeal Reversed for B.D.F. in Football Dispute
An unorthodox decision by the Football Federation of Belize Appeals Committee is throwing a wrench in the Premier League of Belize Championship Finals. Last week, we reported about a protest by the Belize Defence Force Football Club to the Disciplinary Committee of the League on a referee’s decision during a penalty kick against Verdes Football […]
Best Youth Athletes Converge for Championship
The National Sports Council held its annual national track and field championships at the Marion Jones Stadium in Belize City today. Over two hundred students, the best of the best from each district, gathered at the stadium to compete in several events ranging from shot put to relay races. We stopped in at the championships […]
Referees Suspended for Error on Penalty in Premier League Semifinal
Two referees have been suspended from officiating football games in Belize. The B.D.F. Football Club has filed a protest against a decision made in a most recent match of the Premier League of Belize, where they claim a call made by referees Wendel Esquiliano and Christopher Reid cost them the opportunity to advance to the […]
A Stop to Championship Would Have Financial Costs
Sanctions aside, Chuc says that there is a legal process to the protest made by B.D.F. Football Club. Immediately following the game on April twenty-ninth, the military team—as is mandated—filed its protest to the Premier League of Belize. That complaint was rejected by the PLB Protest Board. That decision by PLB is now being appealed […]
Coaches Receive Training from F.F.B.
Thirty-two football coaches from across the country converged at the F.F.B. Headquarters in Belmopan for day-one of a week-long FIFA training course to improve the sport in Belize. German Instructor Gary Stempel, who is currently a Panamanian football team manager, is renowned for his groundbreaking work in football development in youth. He has been contracted […]
FIFA, F.F.B. to Install Synthetic Pitches in Belmopan and Belize City
While speaking with F.F.B. President Sergio Chuc, we also found out about some mega projects that the federation has in the pipeline. These include the refurbishing of the F.F.B. stadium in Belmopan and the recently acquired lease on the football court near the Raccoon Police Station in Belize City. Both fields will be retrofitted with […]
Controversial P.L.B. Championship Tops Sports Monday
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on May 7, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
B.D.F. Stops Championship Final Show with Protest on Disallowed Penalty
In sporting news, the planned game one of the Premier League of Belize Championship Finals for this weekend has been postponed. General Secretary to the Premier League of Belize, Wilhelm Miguel, this afternoon confirmed to News Five that the game scheduled between Verdes Football Club and Belmopan Bandits Football Club is on hold, pending the […]
Smart Belize Hurricanes Import Belizean Overseas star Devin Daly for Playoffs
On the heels of a strong performance on Monday night at the Belize City Civic Center, the playoffs for the 2018 season of the National Elite Basketball League kicks off tonight at nine p.m. Smart Belize Hurricanes is once again hosting; this time, Dangriga Dream Ballaz will go head to head with the formidable team. […]
Hurricanes C.E.O. Says Category Five is Coming
The Hurricanes are currently ranked second in the 2018 season, with a five-game winning streak going into tonight’s game. Dubbed a battle of rice and beans versus hudut, C.E.O. Gilbert Gordon told News Five today that he is confident that the team of Smart Belize Hurricanes is motivated to bring the championship back to the […]
A Sporting Review of the Weekend
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
Written on April 30, 2018 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Brandon Cattouse Handed Provisional Suspension after Failed Drug Test
Cycling has been big in the news this week as the upcoming elections for the Cycling Federation were announced to be postponed. Tonight, there is more news to report from the sport, but it’s nothing good. An elite Belizean cyclist is under provisional suspension tonight after his sample was found to be positive for recombinant […]
Cycling Federation Elections Postponed; Team Heads to Mexico
There has been an interesting turn of events within the cycling community, ahead of what would have been elections for a new executive of the Cycling Federation of Belize this weekend. News Five understands that the date for those elections has been moved to May twelfth, to allow for an open process which will see […]
The Ariel Rosado Foundation Rides Again
The Ariel Rosado Foundation held its annual ride along the George Price Highway this past Saturday. The riders traveled from Galen University Campus in Central Farm and ended at the Hour Bar Field in Belize City. The ride is used to generate funds for scholarships for at least forty students for the upcoming school year. […]
