Good evening I’m, James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The action remains fast and furious inside the PLB completion and we’ve got proof. So let’s head to the Peoples Stadium for Saturday night standoff between Placencia Texmar Assassins against the mighty BDF. In the early going it’s Dellon Torres with the left foot swing […]
There is good news coming out of Panama where Belize’s national U-sixteen male basketball team has won its first game. On Wednesday night, the team faced off against Costa Rica in group B of the COCABA U-sixteen Basketball Championships and beat Costa Rica with a score of seventy-two to fifty-nine. The team left for Panama […]
There is a serious daily beat down that is occurring right here on Coney Drive and it hasn’t and won’t make it into any police report. Eight Mexicans and eight Belizeans are preparing for a Mixed Martial Arts mash-up that will take place inside the Belize Elementary Auditorium at the end of the month. The […]
The under-sixteen national basketball team left the country on Monday en route to Panama for the 2014 COCABA U-sixteen Basketball Championship Tournament slated to start on Wednesday. The delegation consisting of Coaches Matthew Smiling, Fred Gabourel and Linbergh Graham and the twelve-member team will see the young athletes compete against the six Central American Countries […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday The crucial matchup between Police United and the Belize Defence Force took center force inside the People Stadium yesterday as the intense rivalry continues unabated. The B.D.F. immediately look to get things going off this set piece triggered by Vallan Symms who picks out […]
The dust has settled at least for now, between bodybuilder Cricel Castillo and the Belize Body Building and Fitness Federation. In a very public spat last week, there was a back and forth over monies that Castillo claims were not paid to her to cover costs for her participation at Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Tournament. But […]
Good Evening, I am James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Let’s jump in quickly to the Belize City High School Basketball Torunament so we head to Bird’s Isle where on Saturday night Nazarene High took on Maud Williams High School. Ajahn Williams comes down court and dials the bank fro a big time […]
The Belize Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation has announced the suspension of bodybuilder Cricel Castillo, for a period of two years, effective immediately. The decision came after a nasty bout between the Federation and Castillo which included allegations of misappropriation of funds. It started at the Arnold Classic in February, where Castillo placed eleventh out of […]
According to Cricel Castillo, the Olympic Association told her that they gave the B.B.B.F.F. money to support Rigo Vellos and herself with funding for airfares. That money allegedly never reached Castillo, and that’s where the nasty and very public allegations of misappropriation come into play. Moody has a different version of events, and told the […]
The suspension came following Castillo’s participation as Miss Fitness Belize at the Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Tournament in Columbus, Ohio earlier this year. Castillo and Mister Belize, Rigo Vellos, both competed in the tournament in February. According to Cricel, her suspension resulted from a request for assistance she made to the Olympic Committee to cover cost […]
According to the Federation, the ban is final and at this point, non-negotiable. According to President Stanley Moody, anyone who represents the B.B.B.F.F. must maintain the highest standards and be of impeccable character, and as far as they are concerned, Castillo falls far short. Bodybuilder and three time Mr. Belize Rigo Vellos also weighed in […]
That suspension has prevented Castillo from competing in the 2014 Body Building and Fitness Championship earlier this month. But like the saying goes, when one door closes, another one opens. On November fifteenth, Castillo will be competing as an independent body athlete in the 2014 World’s Beauty Fitness Federation. According to Castillo, this year has […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We start off with Saturday’s big clash in the Cayo 1st Division Football Competition as Bullet Tree battled Westrac inside the Norman Broaster Stadium. Folks, we’re only some 5 minutes into the action when Luis Arevalo fires this right foot shot just inside the […]
After spending months of training to perfect and tone their bodies, male and female bodybuilders competed on Friday night in different categories in the Belize Body Building and Fitness Competition. The annual physique competition has a steady following, and the event this year did not disappoint. While the competitors were judged on various points, muscularity […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 2014 PLB Belikin Cup kicked off over the weekend, but was only able to stage 3 of the 4 scheduled matches due to inclement weather. We caught up with the monster showdown between the Belize Defense Force and FC Belize inside the People’s […]
Fans of boxing, coaches, referees as well as the pugilists themselves are being invited to attend an upcoming seminar to gain a better understanding of the sport and expectations that come along with membership in the Belize Boxing Federation. B.B.F. President, Moses Sulph, stopped by earlier today to discuss the first-of-its-kind conference to be held […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Cayo first division football competition is heating up so we took on Saturday’s big time matchup inside the Norman Broaster Stadium as Westrac took on Hillview. It’s easy in the ballgame when Hillview goes to the set piece and this header by Noel Hyde […]
The Police Department and other law enforcement agencies have for years participated in fund-raising to assist children with intellectual disabilities through the Special Olympics. Those fund-raising initiatives culminate in a torch run where agencies carry a special torch across the country, stopping at intervals to raise awareness and money for the cause. Today Community Policing […]
There are two hundred and thirty-seven registered athletes who participate in events under the aegis of the Special Olympics, and the committee is always looking to increase that number. That is why the donation today was so important. The next sporting event will include games in all districts, as well as national games in December. […]
The Belize Body Building and Fitness Championships is set for next Friday, October seventeenth. For months, the federation and athletes, both male and female, have been putting the necessary preparations in place for the event that will be held at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. While the competition will deter mine who has […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 24th Women’s National Softball Championship reigned supreme insdie Roger’s Stadium yesterday. 7 teams had started the campaign but in money time, it was the Belize Bank Bull Dogs and Roaring Creek Grace Kennedy battling for the 2014 crown. We go to the top […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday on a Tuesday. Pressing engagements made Monday’s appearance impossible and we extend our heartfelt apologies to all our supporters and fans. Now, to the business at hand. The CSK Invitational Anniversary Karate Championships took center stage inside the BES Auditorium featuring 2 Belizean teams […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. To get some action over the weekend, we had to head West to San Ignacio Saturday night where the Cayo 1st Division Football Competition featured the mighty clash between Lower Dover of Unitedville and the home team Quintas. We’re some 10 minutes in when […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We lead today with the BDVA interoffice volleyball championship which took center stage at the Belize Auditorium Friday night. The Belize Defense Force went in with a big W over Belize Telemedia Limited in a 25-20, 21-25, 15-11 3 set series on Thursday […]
Belize’s national team, the Jaguars, returned to Belize this afternoon after a poor performance at the UNCAF COPA Centro Americana games held in the U.S. Of the three games played against Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, the Jaguars did not secure any wins and will not advance to the 2015 Gold Cup. Team members were […]
