Twenty-seven teams in brightly coloured ocean-going kayaks – forty-two gruelling miles from San Pedro Town to the northern-most creek bordering Mexico, and then back to town. The eleventh Lagoon/Reef Eco-Challenge, observers say, was one of the closest ever, with the teams finishing in record time. The annual race is a test of physical and mental […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 4 team semi-pro basketball playoffs got off with a bang over the weekend and we’ve got the head on collision between the #1 seed, Cayo Western Ballaz and the #4 seed, Dangriga Warriors inside the Sacred Heart High School Gymnasium Friday night. The […]
The government has come under considerable fire for the controversial Petrocaribe Loans Act. Last week, the Prime Minister announced there will be amendments taken to the House. Still yet, G.O.B. announced today that it will be spending some of the funds for a Summer of Sports Program through the Ministry of Education, Youths and Sports. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The long awaited Game two in the PLB Championship teaser was staged inside the Norman Broaster Stadium as the host team FC Verdes hosted the Belmopan Bandits in the final showdown for a boast to the CONCACAF champion’s tournament. With 1 – zip W from […]
Embattled Second Vice President Rawell Pelayo has formally tendered his resignation to the executive of the Football Federation of Belize. His official withdrawal comes one month after F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente announced that the organization was expecting Pelayo to step down after being deported to Belize on April seventh. The Orange Walk businessman had been […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The mad rush to make the payoffs saw the Belize Yellow Pages Hurricanes in a must win against the surging Belmopan Red Taigaz as they hosted a possible # 2 seed Friday night. Immediately into the ballgame, the Hurricanes turn up the pressure. Winston […]
The Premier League of Belize is now in finals battling the best of a two game series. On Thursday night in Belmopan, the Belmopan Bandits and Verdes FC played a nail biting game that had fans on the edge until the last second of play. The Defending champs, Bandits wants to retain its title to […]
Belizean born athlete Rakeem Nunez-Roches has been drafted to the National Football League as a sixth round pick and defensive line for the Kansas City Chiefs. He is the first Belizean to enter the professional league of American football. While the twenty-eight ranked Chiefs didn’t enter the 2015 NFL draft with a variety of needs, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Dangriga Warriors hosted the defending champion, San Pedro Tiger Sharks in its bid to make the post season and it turned out to be a master inside the Ecumenical High School Gymnasium. Powered by the home cooking, the Warriors get off to a […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It’s the mad rush to the PLB playoffs people and the B.D.F.’s journey to the F.F.B. Stadium yesterday was to wrest 3 points from the Police to get back into the championship picture. Thus the military seeks to open the scoreboard in the opening […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. As the PLB Closing Season continues to roll, we caught up with yesterday’s showdown in what could be a preview of the finals as Verdes FC hosted Police United inside the Norman Broaster Stadium yesterday. The police jump up early with Andres Makin unleashing […]
Belize’s star striker Deon McCauley is back in the Jewel. As we reported on Thursday, a petition to return McCauley, in time for the Jaguars to prepare for the second round of World Cup qualifying competition, had been spearheaded earlier this week by a dedicated group of football fans. They simply wanted to see the […]
Now that McCauley is back in the country, F.F.B. President, Ruperto Vicente, says that the ball is in his court and he must now show and prove in the days ahead. Isani Cayetano “What’s to happen going forward? He’s here in Belize, have you been able to have an informal conversation with him coming […]
Following a congress of the Football Federation of Belize last Saturday, President Ruperto Vicente informed the media that embattled second vice president Rawell Pelayo was expected to tender his resignation from the post in the days ahead. The Orange Walk businessman and F.F.B. executive was recently deported to Belize after serving time in a U.S. […]
In February 2014, Deon McCauley inked a one-year contract with the Atlanta Silverbacks to play in the North American Professional League. During that time he has had to undergo surgery for an injury he received while playing for the team. McCauley has since recovered successfully but only to find himself without a team. Along with […]
Following a congress of the Football Federation of Belize on Saturday, President Ruperto Vicente reiterated that the organization will not be sponsoring striker Deon McCauley’s return to the country for training with the Jaguars. The reason for F.F.B.’s hardline position is simple, McCauley is no longer signed to an international team, therefore it will not […]
That brainstorming led to the realization of a five thousand dollar quota, the total needed to defray McCauley’s travel expenses, as well as a weekly stipend while in Belize training. Dylan Williams, Belize Jaguars Fan “We wanted to involve basically other Belizeans who are concerned who want to do and see him on the […]
As we reported on Monday, the Football Federation of Belize met in congress over the weekend to discuss a number of issues, including preparations for round two of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. While the agenda did not include the fate of beleaguered vice president Rawell Pelayo, the question of the financial documents he […]
Rawell Pelayo was deported to Belize last week after serving time in a U.S. jail cell for his purported role in drug trafficking. The name has also been synonymous with football for a number of years, including his promotion to second vice president of the Football Federation of Belize in March 2012. But his reputation […]
The issue of Rawell Pelayo wasn’t brought up during the ordinary congress of the F.F.B. on Saturday but the future of star striker Deon McCauley in the upcoming home and away series against the Dominican Republic was a topic of discussion. There has been formal correspondence between F.F.B. and McCauley concerning his participation in the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was billed as a monster showdown out at San Pedro where Saturday night the defending champion, Tigersharks, hosted undefeated Cayo Western Ballaz in a bid for sweet revenge as the semi-pro season turns. The islanders got off to a fast start paced by […]
The Belize Body Building and Fitness Federation is under new leadership. An election was recently held and resulted in a new committee. The nine person team is led by Mirna Greenidge. For a federation whose committee has long been filled with men and whose sport is mostly male dominated, a woman has never been at […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday on a Tuesday. Hope you had an enjoyable Easter Weekend. For certain you were thrilled with the results of the 87th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. In front of B.T.L. for the rolling start and honored to […]
While the Belize Jaguars is among seven other teams that have moved up in the World Cup Qualifiers, having scored one goal against the Caymans, there is uncertainty as to the ability of the team to stay in the competition. There is one factor over which everyone is mulling: Deon McCauley and will he be […]
As you know by now, a World Cup qualifier game between the Belize Jaguars and the Cayman National Team ended one to one on Sunday in the Caymans. It means that Belize narrowly secured a spot to move up to play the Dominican Republic in June. The team has two months to prepare and so […]
