Heavyweight boxer Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller is on a rise to the top of boxing with his name used in the same sentence as some of the greats in the past. Maybe you’ve seen one or two fights with him in recent years, but what you may not know is that he is a Belizean-American. […]
While there are some baseball fans in Belize, especially of major league teams like the Chicago Cubs, the sport hasn’t been actively played here in a quarter-century. Softball is still popular, but the last regional glory was about a decade ago on the women’s side. A popular and recognized player in men’s softball who is […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
If you don’t have plans for Sunday, the Belize City Council wants to spend the day with you. The Council has teamed up with the Gateway Youth Center, Youth Apprenticeship Program, National Sports Council and Apprenticeship Program to host part two of the City Games. If you think you have some ball skills, then you […]
As the Central American Games wind down, Belize has another medal added to its tally while missing out on another in cycling. In karate, Leon Guild secured the bronze medal in his under-eighty-four kilogram kumite category. In cycling, the women’s road race covered just under forty-five miles in and around Managua and Belize’s two participants, […]
The Belize City Council is aiming for Santa’s job this year – they have been giving gifts and treats all across the city for their edition of ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’. The cheering and sharing made its way over to the Stella Maris School. More than sixty students were treated to a hearty breakfast this […]
Belize has finally gotten on the golden side in the Central American Games in bodybuilding. On Tuesday night, Clayton Greenidge secured the masters’ title and light-heavyweight eighty-kilogram category. Oyinkro Akpobodor secured bronze in his category. On the women’s side, Gina Lovell and Annlyn Apolonio finished out of the money in their respective categories of body […]
Team Belize is still on the hunt for its first gold medal in the Central American Games taking place in Managua, Nicaragua. But the athletics team has been carrying the Sub Umbra Floreo so far, accounting for seven of Belize’s eight medals – the other is in men’s basketball. On Monday the relay teams took […]
Over the past two weeks, we have been showing you the teams representing Belize at the Central American Games in Nicaragua. It took Belize a few days to get on to the medal board, but we did. So far, Belize is behind in medal count, with only four medals: two silvers and two bronzes – […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
The Special Olympics games culminated Disabilities Week today. Over three hundred athletes converged at the Marion Jones Stadium in the city; the largest contingent came from Orange Walk, and the top performers will advance to the World Games in 2019 in Abu Dhabi. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Disabilities Week concluded […]
A team of Belizean bodybuilding and fitness athletes is getting ready for the Central American Games. After three rounds of vetting, Mister Belize Clayton Greenidge, and four other well-known bodybuilding competitors were selected to represent the country in Nicaragua on the eleventh and twelfth of this month. The team departs Belize on Saturday, but we […]
There are no medal victories to report yet, but Belize is holding its own on day-two of the 2017 Central American Games. In basketball, Belize looks for another win as they are presently taking on El Salvador, while in football; the under-twenty-one is to face off with hosts Nicaragua at the National Stadium in Managua, […]
With fourteen votes of a possible twenty, Sergio Chuc is elected, along with running mate Cruz Gamez, to the presidency and vice presidency of the Football Federation of Belize respectively. The eleventh ordinary congress of the Federation, held Saturday at the Princess Hotel, was hoped to bring to an end months of deadlock and division. […]
Doctor Bertie Chimilio’s infamous humbling in elections at the hands of Ruperto Vicente in 2012 was expected to usher in a golden generation for football in Belize. And while Belize did enjoy its only Gold Cup trip, best Central American Cup finish and improved World Cup rankings under Vicente, there remain questions about his handling […]
Shane Moody-Orio, goalkeeper and long-standing national football hero, was elected in May 2016 during the disputed presidential election as a member of the Football Federation of Belize’s executive. Moody-Orio says footballers have benefited from some changes since his installation and can expect much more. Shane Moody-Orio, Executive Member, F.F.B. “One of the issues we […]
Every four years, Central America’s top athletes gather to test themselves against each other in various sporting disciplines. The eleventh edition of the Central American Games kicked off on Sunday in Managua, Nicaragua. Belize’s participation consists of one hundred and twenty-nine athletes along with coaches and officials, taking part in twelve disciplines from athletics to […]
On Saturday morning, the Police Department along with sister enforcement agencies—such as the B.D.F. and the Coast Guard—embarked on a ‘Torch Run’ carrying the Flame of Hope. Over the course of one week, the torch will make its way through the different municipalities to create awareness to the community about Special Olympics Belize and the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
A sixty-mile bike ride to the western border in the Toledo District is being organized for members of the security forces and civilians alike. It’s a first-of-its-kind initiative which will bring the police department, as well as the coastguard, and B.D.F. together next Saturday for a trek to Tree Tops. That’s the military outpost which […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Collet area representative and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber announced in April that some one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars would be spent on upgrades to the football field adjacent to the basketball court and Grace Primary School in the Fabers’ Road Extension area. The main road is of course being re-done by Imer Hernandez […]
