Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. After falling in a 2-zip score to Honduras at the COPA Centro Americana, being hosted inside the United States, the national male team of Belize took on Guatemala at Dallas, Texas yesterday in a must win ballgame. The national side had the opportunity to […]
At nine o’clock tonight, we’ll be carrying the game between Belize jaguars and Honduras that took place at the RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. where Belize is attempting to qualify for the Gold Cup. We don’t want to give you all the details at this point, but we can say that there were two auto […]
The national football team left Belize from the Philip Goldson International Airport today with high hopes. The team has been training for a month hoping to qualify for the Gold Cup. But for that to happen, they first have to play and secure wins against Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Deon McCauley is back from […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was a heroic effort mounted by Belize Bank Airport Friday night to crush Complex 76-61 and force the 3 game firms division basketball championship into a final game III Saturday night. Thus it was no surprise when Complex came out roaring in game […]
Seven teams from across the jewel are participating in the twenty-fourth annual National Women’s Softball Championship held by the Belize Softball Federation. Starting this Friday at six-thirty p.m. at the Rogers Stadium in Belize City, the top two teams from each association will compete in a double eliminations format to win the bragging rights and […]
The Football Federation of Belize has been overwhelmed by internal sparring, a lack of organizational cohesion, management crises and allegations of financial mismanagement…so much so that some members of the Executive Committee had been alienated and we are told that all decisions were being made only by President Ruperto Vicente. It’s an unsustainable position for […]
So with everybody on the local front on the same page, it was on to this morning’s very early meeting. F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente says he also felt compelled to call in CONCACAF to advise them of the challenges, so he called that organization’s president and asked for assistance. CONCACAF sent in Rafael Salgero – […]
Now we turn to Belize’s national team which has been working out at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in Belmopan. The nation’s A Selection is preparing to head to the U.S. next week to participate in the Central American Cup. Our News Five team was in Belmopan today and found some new faces, some familiar faces […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We begin with game 1 of the 3 game Championship series for the Firm’s Division title. We pick up the action in the 4th quarter with Belize Bank/Airport down 8 points to Complex. Cassian Flowers comes up with loose ball off this broken play […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We caught up with Saturday night semi-final showdown in Firms Division Basketball as BWSL and the Belize Bank/Airport faced off in game II for the rights to move on to the championship round. On Friday night the Bank/Airport combination had ran over BWSL 60 […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente remains in the hot seat tonight, after formally announcing earlier this week that Belize will not be able to participate in this year’s CONCACAF Champions League Tournament. Despite a massive investment and significant progress in the renovation of the stadium in Belmopan, the Bandits, winners of the 2014 Premier League of […]
Belizean sports fans and even general observers have been shocked and dismayed by the news that the Belmopan Bandits, champions of the Premier League, have been disqualified from the Champions League, scheduled to commence next week. The disqualification is through no fault of the team. The F.F.B. maintains however, that the decision was made by […]
The ongoing debacle which the F.F.B. finds itself in, not being able to field the Belmopan Bandits in the 2014 Champions League tournament, is one that many sports enthusiasts, including the minister with responsibility for that specific portfolio, have shared opinions. Despite the many expressions of disappointment, critics of Minister of Youth and Sports Herman […]
On Wednesday, the Football Federation of Belize held a press conference at its headquarters in Belmopan to announce a decision taken by CONCACAF against the Belmopan Bandits Football Club which was to represent Belize in the 2014-2015 CONCACAF Champions League. While it was a sad day for Belizean football, there was even more depressing news […]
CONCACAF dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when it officially wrote to the Football Federation of Belize that the Belmopan Bandits will not be allowed to play in the 2014-2015 Champions League. The notice to the F.F.B. was at four o’clock and immediately after, the CONCACAF website posted that Costa Club Sport Herediano earns a wildcard […]
As we said, the contract to upgrade the pitch of the F.F.B. Football field in Belmopan was issued to a Belizean contractor…but the work has not been completed so Belize is being penalized and cannot participate in the Champions League. According to Vicente, aside from the one hundred and fifty-two thousand US dollars that was […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported that the Belmopan Bandits have been replaced in the 2014-2015 CONCACAF Champions League. That is news is followed by more bad news because up until today, the national team that is set to participate in the 2014 UNCAF Tournament in September, has been functioning without a coach. As incredible […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We begin with the Belize City Senior Female Softball playoffs as B.T.L. faced Beacon in a must win situation Friday night after losing game 1 of the semi-final series in a 13 to 11 decision Wednesday night at the Rogers Stadium. We pick up […]
Team Belize arrives in Tegucigalpa, Honduras today ready to compete in the U-twenty-three Central American Female Volleyball Championship. The event takes place from August seventh to August thirteenth 2014. The female athletes have been training for months and although, they are a young team they are ready to bring home the medals. The team will […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. We jump immediately into this action in the Presidents Cup currently in session as we caught up with the monster clash at Ladyville where the Belize District took on Roaring Creek. It’s a rapid start for the Belize District this set piece launched forward […]
Mexican boxing sensation Sergio Thompson, popularly known as Yeyo, is taking on Adones Aguelo in a big ticket bout on Saturday in Chetumal. Thompson, whose father is Belizean, has an outstanding record of twenty-nine wins and three losses and will be doing battle in the Super Featherweight Division against the Filipino pugilist. Aguelo has won […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. We jump immediately into yesterday’s big match at Lords Bank Field where Survivors played host to Willows Bank United. We’re in the 2nd inning were the base are loaded when Stacey Smith crushes this pitch from Jacqueline Cassassola of Willows Bank to bring in […]
The Commonwealth Games 2014 opened in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday night to much fanfare. Belize is among seventy-one nations participating in the multi-sport event. With a delegation that spreads across several disciplines, including cycling, shooting and table tennis, the Jewel is being represented by its best athletes. Belize’s debut earlier today in the triathlon competition […]
Belizean cyclist, Gregory Lovell, and Flag Bearer, Katy Sealy, were selected from the delegation to dine with Queen Elizabeth the Second and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Commonwealth Games Athlete’s Village today. According to Vasquez, the athletes are all enthusiastic about representing Belize at the sports meet. Via Phone: Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez, President, […]
The Commonwealth Games opened earlier today in Glasgow, Scotland. This station is airing the games daily at two o’clock in the afternoons beginning today through August third with two-hour highlights. At the momentous opening ceremonies of Glasgow 2014, the Commonwealth Federation and UNICEF partnered to raise funds for Children of the Commonwealth in a programme […]
