Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. If you thought5 the bitter rivalry between Belize Telemedia and Fresca Lady Rebels couldn’t get any hotter, well you’re wrong because Friday evening, at Roger’s Stadium, saw the teams pull up to a tie in the 5 game Belize City Softball championship. We pick […]
Sport Development Manager for FIBA Americas, Nestor Rodriguez, recently concluded a successful visit to Belize. The purpose of the visit was to assess whether Belize is a viable location to host an international three by three event. FIBA also intends to assist the Belize Basketball Federation with its promotion of the three by three games […]
After a heartbreaking loss to Cuba on Tuesday afternoon, which crushed their hopes in the first round of the Gold Cup, the players of Team Belize returned home early this morning from Hartford Connecticut where the last game was played. The Jaguars failed to qualify to the second round after consecutive losses to the USA, […]
Coach Ian Mork did not make it back…it is not because he is leaving the team, but because he stayed in the U.S. to deal with personal matters relating to his family. The players, however, were glad to be home today, but the lingering blues from Tuesday’s game against Cuba were evident. If you were […]
There are reliable reports coming out of Hartford, Connecticut that things got a little heated in the locker room after Cuba defeated Belize four zero because emotions were running high. And even as the players got on the bus back to the hotel after the game, the disappointment in the outcome of the game was […]
While the focus has been on the team captain, the coach and the goalkeepers, the other players on the team also had their post-game comments. Deon McCaulley, Belize National Football Team “I feel bad because we lost four to zero after coming off a very good game with Costa Rica. Having the key players […]
With zero points on three losses and no wins during round one, the Belize Jaguars earned the dubious distinction of being the team with the worst stats in the Gold Cup. The most attention the team got, from the international media at least, was because of the challenges it faced getting to the Gold Cup […]
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The Jaguars are back in Belize, but F.F.B. Vice President, Rawell Pelayo, is not. Pelayo was nabbed reportedly by the Drug Enforcement Agency as he passed through Houston on his way to Portland to join Team Belize for game one against the United States. That happened on July eighth, and since then the only confirmation […]
It was as though everything came to a standstill this afternoon around the country, when the Belize Jaguars took on Cuba, to watch Belize’s last opportunity to advance to the second round of the Gold Cup 2013. Anticipation for game three of Belize’s debut in the Gold Cup was best described as nervous, as either […]
Immediately after the disappointing loss to Cuba, which dashed Team Belize’s hopes of qualifying to Round Two of the Gold Cup, Coach Ian Mork faced the media in the standard post-game press conference. Mork was subdued but still relatively positive as he looked not at the loss, but at what Team Belize will take away […]
Belize’s journey to Gold Cup 2013 has been described as fairy tale, one in which the Jaguars, a la Cinderella, make their first public appearance to the big dance. The story is one that has been recounted in the local media since the national selection first qualified for the summer games during the UNCAF tournament […]
Belizeans here and abroad were tuned in this past Saturday as the Belize Jaguars took on Costa Rica in their second outing in the 2013 Gold Cup. And after losing to Costa Rica in an auto goal, the Belize Jaguars are now in Hartford, Connecticut where they will be playing the Cuban selection. Now, Cuba […]
In Sports Monday, James Adderley looks at Saturday’s game against Costa Rica blow by blow. And by now you may know that Costa Rica’s only goal was scored by Co-captain of the Belize Jaguars, Dalton Eiley. The auto goal came in the first forty-five minutes of play and even though in the last minutes of […]
Following Saturday’s heartbreaking defeat to Costa Rica, coaches and players of the Belize National Football Selection, discussed the painful one to nothing loss. The winning auto-goal was a mistake that will certainly be recorded in the chronicles of Belize’s sports history; one the team is expecting to put behind it in an attempt to advance […]
Cuba is the last country that Belize will on the soccer pitch. With a loss of six to one in game one against the USA, and a one-nil loss against Costa Rica, the national team has one more opportunity to make a comeback. It’s a do or die situation for our local boys as they […]
A funeral service was held this afternoon in San Ignacio for Theresita Jimenez, the mother of star forward Daniel Jimenez, who had to return from the United States on Friday to be with his ailing parent. Jimenez suffered a stroke prior to her son’s departure to Portland, Oregon the week before the regional CONCACAF competition […]
The Jaguars are ready and the Cuban team is also ready for the showdown on Tuesday at the Rentschler field in Connecticut. The Cuban Coach was confident because one of their top players who was previously injured, will play in the game. Cuban Coach “I believe that we are ready for the match physically. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We go immediately to the Rio Tinto Stadium inside Sandy Utah as Belize came out to face Costa Rica in its 2nd match in CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013. As the National Anthem of Belize takes center stage in the pre-game ceremonies on Saturday, we […]
On Saturday afternoon, the Belize Jaguars will meet Costa Rica in the pitch at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake, Utah. Internationally, the national team is considered the underdogs and has been building up a fan base. In numerous sports stories today, Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair were in the spotlight for turning down […]
And while nobody can dispute or disagree with Jimenez’s reasons for coming home, the fact is that his offensive runs in the game between Belize and the U.S.A. provided some of the few bright moments for the Jaguars. He told News Five today that he is confident that whoever replaces him on the roster will […]
Team Belize Coach Ian Mork has announced that he will start Woodrow West in goal against Costa Rica, but his decision to play Shane Orio in goal in the first round matchup between Belize and the USA has still been the subject of much criticism, most of it on Facebook to be factual. The criticism […]
The Jaguars will go up against a very strong Costa Rica on Saturday, and the good news is that both team captain Dalton Eiley and striker Dion McCauley have been cleared to play. Eiley did not play in the first game against the U.S.A. because he complained about chest pains and breathing problems. McCauley played, […]
So Team Belize is ready to roll, and at a press conference about an hour ago in Salt Lake, Utah, Costa Rica Coach, Jorge Luis Pinto was nothing, but respectful of our players who he says are fast and strong. Pinto says he has watched games played by the Jaguars in UNCAF and will structure […]
Two more members of the delegation that went with the national football selection may be coming home sooner than expected. As the Belize Jaguars prepare for their second match in the Gold Cup—this time against the national selection from Costa Rica—another unfortunate event is on the team’s shoulders. Forward, Danny Jimenez, from San Ignacio, is […]
