Turning to the Marion Jones Stadium…there was a soft launch just before the November elections. It is a project that dates back to 2008 and seven years later it has not been fully completed, depriving athletes and the public use of the facility. The Mexican government pledged financial support and came through with it, but […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The NEBL basketball season got off to a roaring start over the weekend and we caught up with the Belmopan Bandits hosting Smart Belize Hurricanes inside the U.B. Gymnasium Saturday night. For the home team, the start couldn’t have been better—Nick Brown finds Kurt Burgess […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We take you to Burrell Boom where the faithful who make the La Ruta Maya have congregated on the bank of the Belize River in preparation for the 2016 Belikin La Ruta Canoe Race that has become a favorite with the Belizean public on […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Folks we start off with the 6th annual Smart New Year’s Day Race as presented by the Weekend Warriors Cycling Club. It’s a race that left the Orange Walk Town Council for the finish at the M&M Engineering Office around mile 2 on the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s our closing show for the year 2015. It was 2 days after Christmas and football was at its peak. The best 2 teams in the PLB Tournament were set to meet. Fans would come from far and near…Verdes FC and Police United to greet. Expectations would run […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The pressure filled home and away series for the 2015 PLB Tournament title kicked off inside the Norman Broaster Stadium Sunday as Verdes FC hosted Police United. The police get going early with this nice work of penetration by Byron Chavez whose left foot […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 2 finalists for the 2015 PLB Football Tournament emerged over the weekend so we take you to the F.F.B. Stadium inside Belmopan where Police United and the Placencia Assassins met in game II yesterday to determine who would move on to money time. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The PLB playoffs got off with a band this weekend with all 4 teams seeing action. We caught up with the battle of past and present champions as defending champions, Verdes FC hosted the Belmopan Bandits from when they hoisted the championship in last […]
We open tonight’s show with the showdown in Central Secondary Schools Sporting Association Male Basketball play featuring the 2 powerhouses from inside Belize City—Wesley College and St. John’s College, two perennial rivals. Kyron Samuels gets Wesley College going early attacking the run to go glass and he would lead Wesley College with 12 pts. Kirkland […]
Organized under the auspices of the International Table Tennis Federation Education and Training Program, in liaison with the Belize Table Tennis Association, ping pong expert Aleksey Yefremov is hosting a Hopes training camp in Belize City. It is Hopes Week 2015 and young athletes under the age of twelve are receiving technical support in strengthening […]
Mixed Martial Arts, better known as MMA, is readily becoming a popular sport in the world. It is a full-contact combat discipline that allows the use of both striking and grappling skills; literally and practically, it pulls the best techniques from several other sports such as boxing, wrestling and the different types of martial arts […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We open tonight’s show with the showdown in Central Secondary Schools Sporting Association Male Basketball play featuring the 2 powerhouses from inside Belize City—Wesley College and St. John’s College, two perennial rivals. Kyron Samuels gets Wesley College going early attacking the run to go […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The weekend of sports was a washout as the torrential rains continued over the weekend across the nation. PLB football was cancelled, the Cayo first division season also fell victim, female football championship at Orange Walk was also rained out and the BECOL Basketball […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The PLB tournament an into another road block in a football season that can only be described as tumultuous and again Verdes FC finds itself in the eye of the hurricane. It’s a Saturday night inside the F.F.B. Stadium and both teams are dressed […]
Good evening I am James Adderley and this is sports Monday. Verdes FC returned to its PBL schedule yesterday inside the Norman Broaster Stadium looking to re-establish its national dominance after a rather disappointing exit from CONCACAF Championship League play. The Belize Defense Force was the obstacle to be faced, a team looking for a […]
Today, the media was called out to the launch of a new multi-purpose sports building to be located at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. It will be funded totally by the government of Mexico, and the concept was cemented in 2012 when both countries agreed on the plan. The new building catering […]
The Marion Jones Sporting Complex – even saying it leaves a sour taste in your mouth. The state-of-the-art dream has been thrown about for years…under construction for about seven of those years, but it’s still not done. It’s the proverbial white elephant for this administration…many millions of dollars pumped into a sporting facility which really […]
Since this is Longsworth’s last hurray as Minister of State, we also asked about Berger Field. That forlorn field on Vernon Street in the city was one of Longsworth’s campaign promises when he entered office. In fact, at one point he had up a huge billboard with a concept drawing of a new and improved, […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Verdes FC has proven that unless Belizean football travels, we will remain unable to compete at the international level. Last Thursday’s 8-nil defeat to San Francisco FC at Panama mirrors that of their loss to Blanco Gallos at Queretaro Mexico. Here at home, Verdes […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Verdes FC ventures again on to the international stage as it travels to Estadio Maracama de Panama concluding its appearance in the 2015 CONCACAF champions play. Game time is 4 p.m. at Panama and it is most unlikely Verdes will move on. While a […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Quiet as it has been kept, the Premier League of Belize has been undergoing growing pains as evidenced by the disjointed schedule of the 2015 season. We caught up with the General Secretary of the Football Federation of Belize, Mister Michael Blease. Michael Blease, […]
Good evening I am James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Yesterday’s PLB matchup between the Champions Verdes FC and Police United inside the Norman Broaster Stadium proved to be a nail biter as both teams tried to establish themselves as the team to beat. Orlando Jimenez uses this set piece to get the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. It appears the PLB football National Completion had hit a rough spot as none of the advertised match was played over the weekend. It probably has something to do with the Belmopan Bandits protest which charged Verdes F.C. with the contravention of the PLB […]
Swiss authorities began criminal proceedings today against FIFA President, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the two most powerful figures in world football. The Swiss are investigating whether Blatter made an illegal two million dollar payment. The office of the Swiss Attorney general says that the investigation is on suspicion of criminal mismanagement…and -– alternatively – […]
An international heavyweight bout featuring Mexican boxers Fres Oquendo and Pablo Gibran is scheduled for Friday night in San Ignacio. The much advertised event is being coordinated by the Belize Boxing Development Council, an organization that is unaffiliated with the Belize Boxing Federation. Despite public enthusiasm, BBF President Moses Sulph is coming out strongly against […]
