The local karatecans of the House of Shotokan have been performing with distinction across the border. Recently, they won numerous medals in a competition in Merida. They have now just returned from Obregon where they were invited to display their skills to encourage the sport in the area. Ray Kelly of the neighborhood karate school […]
The Belize Female Junior Volleyball Team has been in Costa Rica since Friday representing the Jewel at the Central American Female under-eighteen Volleyball Championship. The young team has been fighting against more experienced and older players from the region. According to the President of the Belize Volleyball Association, the first game was against a formidable […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. With the Alamilla’s/Ministry of Education and Belize Bank Bulldogs already into the semifinal round of the 2011 Interoffice Basketball Competition, 4 teams took the Civic Centre Friday night looking for the final 2 available spots. We caught up with the shootout between […]
There is significant progress to report on tonight in football. A delegation from FIFA concluded a second round of meetings with representatives from the Ministry of Sports and the Football Federation of Belize earlier this evening. The big news to come out of that meeting is that the embattled president of the F.F.B., Dr. Bertie […]
Discussions on football are ongoing, but basketball continues to bounce its way to the future. The Under Seventeen national team has been selected and on Monday the youths left for Puerto Rico to participate in the Centro Basket U17 Championship Tournament. According to President of the Belize Basketball Association, Paul Thompson, eight countries are participating […]
The Under Seventeen basketball team returns to Belize next week Monday. The boys aren’t the only athletes who are making an impression on their Central American counterparts. The Central American Female under Eighteen Volleyball Championship gets underway in Costa Rica this Wednesday, August third to the tenth. The girls range in ages from twelve to […]
In football news, the long road to the world cup has started with Belize’s two victories against Montserrat. The Belize team, however, has many more games ahead. The Confederation of North, Central American & Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) held its draw on July thirtieth. Twenty-four teams were divided into six groups of four. In the […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. Game II of the Belize Bank Super League Championships unfolded on Saturday night at the Michael Ashcroft Stadium at Independence where the Placencia Assassins hosted RG City Boys. The 2-time defending champions from Belize City needed a win to force a decisive […]
The House of Shotokan is quickly earning a reputation as a force to reckon in karate. The athletes have earned an additional sixteen medals after competing in kata and kumite in Merida. The competition took place over the weekend and victory is sweet for the athletes who hope to be invited to compete in other […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. The Belize Bank Super League kicked off 2011 3-game championship series inside the MCC Grounds yesterday as R.G. City Boys hosted the flaming hot Placencia Assassins who jerked the City Boys in a 1-zip blast just 2 weeks ago in its bid […]
Earlier in the week we told you about Bahdi “Bob” Bounahra, the Belizean who made waves internationally at the World Series of Poker and secured a spot among the finest players, raking in at one point nine million chips from Costa Rica’s John Hewitt. This year is Bounahra’s seventh year playing in the No Limit […]
The Central American Volleyball Beach Championship games got underway today. It is the second time that Belize is hosting the games that are being played at the Marion Jones stadium where sand has been added to the court to give it the beach effect. All Central American countries except for Panama are taking part. On […]
Athletes from across Central America have converged on the Old Capital to participate in the annual Beach Volleyball Championships. With the exception of Panama every other country is being represented in the games that are scheduled to commence on Friday. Belize will be facing stiff competition from Guatemala and Costa Rica, both teams that have […]
On Tuesday night, the World Series of Poker’s Hold Em’ Championship whittled down from six thousand eight hundred and sixty five players to the final nine. We can confirm that the player who ranked number ten, John Hewitt of Costa Rica, exited the game with six hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and eighty two […]
Three international soccer officials met with government officials on Monday night and early this morning. Raphael Salguero, a member of the FIFA Emergency and Executive committees, along with Rafael Tinoco, President of UNCAF and Venues Coordinator, Andres Portaveilla discussed the future of the Football Federation and Belize in the sport. The FFB is not recognized […]
You can call them the Football Federation of Belize’s selection, or you can call them team Belize, but despite all reprisals from the Ministry of Sports, the football team has scored two international victories against Montserrat and one against Honduras in a friendly match. The first game in the home and away series against Montserrat […]
In other sports news, a team of karatekas visiting Nicaragua for the fourth Ibero-American Karate Championships were honored in the capital city of Managua where they met President Daniel Ortega. The tournament sees international participation by Spain and Latin American countries and was attended by a delegation from the Belize Karate Federation, which included Asha […]
Motocross is a motorcycle sport held in enclosed off road circuits. The sport’s appeal comes when the riders take their bikes in rugged dusty and sometimes muddy trails. The sport has been gaining traction and kicking up dust in the true western region of the country. On Sunday riders from across the country along with […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley. Welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. In the domestic front, Belizean football appears to be in disarray wit the National Sports Council’s suspension of both the Football Federation of Belize headed by Dr. Bertie Chimilio and the newly formed National Football Association under president, Michael Blease. However, on the […]
The Football Federation of Belize has been in and out of court this week trying to settle with the National Sports Council over the use of the sporting facilities in the country. But in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the national selection played a warm up game against Honduras’ Marathon and the Belize team overwhelmed the […]
Belizean athletes have been performing top notch in the international arena; most recently in Special Olympics Games, World Cup Qualifiers, Karate and the under seventeen COCABA tournament. Well, today we can add athletics to that list because a group has returned from competitions in Costa Rica and El Salvador with over twenty medals. Two of […]
In more sporting news, the Belize Karate Federation (BKF) is participating in the Iberoamerican Karate Championships in Managua, Nicaragua. This is the first time that our athletes are taking part in Iberoamerican sporting championships that are contested by Spain and Latin American countries and are considered equivalent to the Commonwealth games. The BKF has sent […]
A high powered FIFA delegation is heading to Belize next week in light of the bad blood between the National Sports Council and the Football Federation of Belize. The NCS has decertified the F.F.B. and declared that it can’t represent Belize, but a national selection is in Honduras to play game two of a World […]
Earlier this year, the Belize City Council started a campaign to promote wellness. Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers has been at the frontlines and partnering with UNICEF and others, the Council has now embarked on a summer camp program that incorporates numerous sporting disciplines. The aim is to foster sportsmanship for a healthy lifestyle. Children and […]
Earlier today the Ministry of Sports announced that a delegation from FIFA will be in Belize on July nineteenth. The release says that it received a letter from the international football authority saying that the delegation comprises FIFA Executive and Emergency Committee member, Rafael Salguero; CONCACAF Executive Member Ariel Alvarado and UNCAF President, Rafael Tinoco. […]
