Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 3 of the Belikin Cup saw San Ignacio United come to the MCC Grounds Sunday evening in a bid to pick up its 1st season win against an FC Belize who themselves were desperately seeking to grab all 3 points for the 1st […]
The Belize Basketball Federation has been engaged in promoting young athletes to eventually make to the big leagues. So this weekend, the B.B.F. is hosting a major event in Orange Walk which it is said will bring our elite athletes from across the jewel. Paul Thompson, President B.B.F. “The Belize Basketball Federation is hosting […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 2 of the PLB Belikin Cup found San Ignacio United invading the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night for its scheduled date with Belmopan Bandits. However, the 1st real chance at scoring comes Belmopan’s way when Brandon Peyrefitte attacks from the right side only […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The PLB Belikin Cup opened the 2013 season with 3 matches nationwide in the 7 team semi-pro football competition. We caught up with Saturday night’s showdown inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium as defending champions; Police United hosted the Belize Defense Force in a rematch […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. 30 riders congregated for the start of the BCA’s test race that ran 2 laps on the Boom-Hattieville Road yesterday as the new season continues under a brand new national executive. At the turn around point in the 1st lap, it’s Giovanni Lovell and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The annual BCA September Criterium took center stage in Belize City as it ran through the Albert Street/Regent Street circuit yesterday to the delight of the many fans that turned up for the event. As we pan the start, we find the 2013 Cross […]
Construction of a world class facility to be called the Marion Jones Sporting Complex commenced in 2004. Two political terms and several re-incarnations later, the complex is still underway. The media has, with good reason, grown very skeptical and cynical whenever this facility is mentioned. There was a proclamation last week that it would be, […]
When the Marion Jones Sporting Complex does open, whether in 2013 or 2014, there will be new rules put in place. One of those new rules is that the facility will only be used for tertiary level sports. All secondary level sports will have to be played elsewhere. And if you want to be a […]
And there’s another issue which probably won’t sit easy with Belizeans who’ve gotten used to taking that early morning or evening workout at the National Stadium. You’ll still be able to do it, but only if you join a club. And it’s not going to be free. Herman Longsworth, Minister of Sports “That I […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Atlantic Bank Inter-district Female Football Competition produced its champion Saturday at the F.F.B. Stadium as Triple B and Ladyville Jaguars made that final confrontation after last week’s scoreless finish inside the MCC grounds. Immediately into the ballgame, Triple B makes the statement that […]
The Football Federation of Belize is currently not on its most stable footing. After a marathon session of fundraising which fell short and a less than spectacular showing at the Gold Cup, the F.F.B. now finds itself unable to pay Team Belize players for their participation in that international competition. That’s cause for concern enough…but […]
Tonight, there is some news coming from Minister of Sports Herman Longsworth on the much anticipated Marion Jones Sporting Complex. We say some news, instead of good news, because the project has been underway for years now, and it seems that every few months we get promises that it is nearing completion. We got that […]
According to Longsworth, he hopes that by the end of the year, Belizeans will be able to make use of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex, to some extent at least. As we do whenever we get a hold of Minister Longsworth, we asked about Berger Field. The complete renovation and restoration of that field started […]
Since suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Cuba during the Jaguars’ do or die match in the recent CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, nothing has been heard from head coach Ian Mork. In the days following Belize’s debut in the annual competition, speculations were that Mork would not be returning to coach the national […]
But there is good news in volleyball and basketball. In Guatemala City today, the Under-twenty female national volleyball team beat El Salvador in three sets to one…that places Belize six points ahead and keeps the team in the running and within reach of a medal. In today’s came Kevanna Sebastian led team Belize with twenty-points […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 14th Annual Lionman triathlon was staged at the Sanlighter Promenade on Princess Margaret Drive yesterday as some 46 athletes made a bid for the 2013 title that featured a 1500 meter swim, a 24 mile cycle ride and concludes with a 6 mile […]
There are serious rumblings in the Football Federation of Belize right now. The players who represented Belize at the Gold Cup have not received the payment they were promised. The F.F.B. says that as soon as they receive money from CONCACAF for participation in the Gold Cup Team Belize will be paid. It hasn’t made […]
Belizean athletes continue to compete on the international stage. The most recent contingent to leave is the National Under-eighteen three-by-three basketball team. The team departed en route to Washington DC to participate in the FIBA Americas Championship. The event will also feature teams from Canada, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela, and the […]
Goleador Woodrow West and midfielder Ian Gaynair, star players on the Belize Jaguars, were today bestowed with the Gilmore Henkson Fair Play Trophy for their honesty and patriotism during their participation in CONCACAF’s Gold Cup 2013. The pair blew the whistle on a potential match fixer, who offered them thousands of Euros to throw their […]
The flare of Gold Cup 2013 has dwindled since the annual CONCACAF tournament concluded in Chicago a few weeks ago. Despite a less than stellar debut in the regional competition, the Jaguars were valiant in earning the respect of the greater football community. Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair were recognized for blowing the whistle on […]
The Under-Fifteen Football team returned to the jewel this afternoon to a warm welcome that climaxed with a motorcade through principal streets. The team performed remarkably well winning three of four games but Honduras went on to win the tournament. While the baby jaguars did not bring home the medals, they were honored for strong […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The long awaited election for the 1st national president of the Belize Cycling Association was staged at the UWI Open Campus on Saturday under the supervision of the National Olympic Committee. The association had been divided into northern, central, western and southern zones and […]
The annual Belize Basketball Federation’s Ballers for Life Summer Camp ended last Friday with a big rally at the St. John’s College gymnasium. The two-week camp, which was held from the seventh to the sixteenth of August, included over seven hundred young basketball enthusiasts from across the country. The boys and girls were between the […]
Every year at the end of summer there are a number of organizations that work to provide needy students with school supplies. It’s much anticipated and in some areas it is a vitally important community initiative. There is one such organization that is going above and beyond its social call of duty. The House of […]
Aside from the Belize delegation in Suriname that has been making a name for the country in its cultural and artistic form, two junior teams are representing Belize internationally in different sporting disciplines. The National U-fifteen male football team although not medaling in the CONCACAF U-fifteen Championships, made Belize proud when they were acknowledged by […]
