The annual cycling race on the first of January, to commence the New Year, was held on Wednesday, as thousands of spectators lined the highway from Corozal to Belize City to cheer on their favorite athletes. In the end, only one rider would emerge victorious by crossing the finish line first. The winner of the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The final schedule in the Belikin Cup for the year 2013 found Police United in action against Paradise Freedom Fighters Saturday night inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium at Capital City. It might have been billed as a tale of 2 teams streaking in opposite […]
The Twenty-fourth Annual Krem New Year’s Day Cycling Classic is less than a week away and cyclists from all over the country are preparing diligently for the upcoming tournament. While training remains ongoing, there are serious concerns among riders, cycling officials and sports enthusiasts about the existing condition of the Phillip Goldson Highway due to […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly welcome to Sports Monday. Week eleven in the Belikin Cup found the Belmopan Bandits hosting a struggling Police United inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night. Deon McCauley back in Belize after travelling abroad to in an attempt to sign an international contract was greeted most unceremoniously in the opening […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Let’s jump quickly into the national High School Basketball Championships which was hosted over the weekend at Sacred Heart College in San Ignacio and folks that much college spirit was in full effect in the finals. Here’s the tip off to start Saturday’s male […]
Amateur boxers from across the country will be competing this weekend for a chance at making the Belize National Boxing Selection. Pugilists from various gyms, including the Lion’s Den One and Two, as well as the Leopold Smart Boxing Gym will converge at the Bird’s Isle on Saturday where they will participate in a daylong […]
Super striker, Deon McCauley, left Belize today for Athens, Greece. McCauley has been scouted to play professionally for a top notch Greek football club. The football sensation, who has scored the most goals for Belize, as many as thirteen, is trying out for the Ael Kallonis Football Club. If all goes according to plan, McCauley […]
Good evening, I am James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. The Belikin Cup tournament got to present the rained out week 7 schedule over the weekend with 3 matches nationwide. At the Norman Broaster stadium yesterday San Ignacio United had the home field against a struggling Police United who find themselves at the bottom […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. Week 5 back matches in the Belikin Cup were staged this weekend so here in Belize city F.C. Belize took on the surging Verdes FC inside the MCC Grounds yesterday. We’re only 8 minutes into the confrontation when Everal Trapp finds Norman “Tilliman” Nunez in […]
A Belizean bodybuilder has clinched an international title in the sport. Mister Belize, Rigo Vellos, won the top prize and title in the 2013 Revolution Cup Bodybuilding Competition held on Sunday at the annual Yucatan Festival in Xmatkuil, Merida. Vellos competed in the eighty kilo and over category besting other competitors. After advancing to another […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. Week nine in the Belikin Cup brought the impressive Paradise Freedom Fighters of Toledo to the MCC Grounds yesterday for its second meeting with FC Belize as the second half of the PBL season continues to roll. However, at the hometown looking to strike first […]
The UNCAF Under-sixteen Tournament has wound down to its final match with Belize facing Costa Rica tonight. Despite winning only one of four games thus far, the Baby Jaguars have played well considering the odds stacked against them. The Football Federation of Belize says that Belize has shown marked improvement since its last outing to […]
The Baby Jaguars are tonight facing Central American powerhouse Honduras after falling to Guatemala in a devastating three-one loss on Wednesday. As the UNCAF Under-sixteen Tournament enters its tenth match, Belize is holding on by a thin thread if it intends to clinch third place in the regional competition. After all it would have to […]
The UNCAF under-sixteen tournament continues tonight in Belmopan with the Baby Jaguars taking on team Guatemala. It’s a hugely anticipated game that is starting shortly at the F.F.B. stadium in Belmopan. That match is anticipated to draw favorable attendance since both countries have a football rivalry going. In the opening series, Belize beat Nicaragua two-one, […]
The Central American Under-sixteen Football Tournament gets underway tonight in Belmopan with an impressive line-up of inaugural matches, including the much anticipated Belize/Nicaragua face-off. That opening game will be aired on Channel Five immediately following tonight’s newscast. The Baby Jaguars, as they are affectionately known, are poised to do well in the qualifiers since a […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 8 in the Belikin Cup was a bit iffy because of the rains but at best 2 of the 3 games scheduled were completed as the weather improved through the weekend. We caught up with the FC Belize—Belmopan bandits clash inside the Isidoro […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. For a 2nd week in a row, the seasonal rains has played havoc with the sporting scene across the nation. Over the weekend, the Belikin Cup Tournament found it impossible to stage even 1 of the 3 matches advertized adding to the scheduling woes […]
The Football Federation of Belize showed off its new team that will be competing in the upcoming regional Central American under sixteen tournament, this morning at the Biltmore Plaza. The Baby Jaguars will be watched closely because members of the team performed spectacularly at the inaugural CONCACAF tournament held in Caymans. The under sixteen games […]
An eighteen karat solid gold trophy arrived in Belize this morning at the Phillip Goldson International via private jet and under heavy security. The arrival of the priceless FIFA World Cup Trophy was a highly anticipated event that was choreographed with precision. On hand were the Minister of Sports, International Football Federation (FIFA), the local […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week six of the PLB’s Belikin Cup found a struggle with Police United needing a win against FC Belize at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday to escape from the cellar of the football league. Therefore it was no surprise that the Police came out […]
A pair of Belizean boxers, led by Coach Leopold Smart and Boxing Association President Moses Sulph, left for Managua, Nicaragua this evening, where they will compete in the Central American Boxing Championship. If successful, the pugilists will qualify for the 2014 Commonwealth Games to be held in Veracruz, Mexico. News Five spoke with Moses Sulph […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The persistent downpour across the nation over the weekend forced a cancellation of most of the scheduled sporting events. The three Belikin Cup matches advertised for Sunday, twenty-seventh October were among the victims and will be stages Wednesday at 7:30 P.M. Paradise Freedom fighters […]
The National Secondary Schools Sports Association, the governing body for high school athletics in Belize, has joined forces with Crystal Bottling Company after several unsuccessful attempts at forging a productive working relationship to improve sports across the country. This afternoon, representatives from the Bowen and Bowen Group were present for the signing of an agreement […]
Byron Pope, a seasoned rider on the local cycling front, has qualified to participate in the upcoming 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, following a recent competition in Curacao where he placed tenth. Pope, along with a delegation from Belize, including Nissan Arana, David Henderson Jr., Joel Borland and Robert Stewart, took part in the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belmopan Bandits needed a win Saturday night when they hosted a struggling, but always dangerous Police United inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium if they were to get back into the race for the top. For the Police, this was a chance to turn […]
