At news time tonight, the Belize National ‘A’ Team Selection, is getting ready to play against Montserrat on Wednesday. The group of nineteen athletes, led by goal keepers Shane Orio and Woodrow West, is in Trinidad where they will play Montserrat at the Ato Boldon Stadium in the first of a home-away series to qualify […]
Another of Belize’s sporting teams will be playing at the international level. The National Under Sixteen Basketball Team is in Mexico City tonight where the boys, along with coach Fred Garcia, are preparing to play matches against other Central American countries. We caught up today with Paul Thompson, the President of the Belize Basketball Association, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week two of the Belize Bank Super League playoffs saw the red hot Orange Walk United roll into Placencia yesterday for its date with Placencia Assassin under this four team double elimination format. The visitors look to open the scoreboard in the early moments when […]
A delegation of high school students under the age of fifteen is heading to Mexico City on Saturday where they will represent the Jewel in an Under Fifteen basketball tournament. All bets are on Belize’s Under Fifteen National Basketball Team to excel in the weeklong games that would then advance the local boys to another […]
At his quarterly press conference that was packed with a cheering gallery of workers from the poverty alleviation project and at least six ministers, the prime minister also deal with the Football Federation of Belize. That’s one of several sporting associations that are no longer recognized by the National Sports Council of Belize. The decision […]
The Belize Football Federation has been at odds with the Ministry of Sports for some time. When it didn’t meet registration requirements by failing to submit its financials, the ministry threatened to cut it off. Well today that came through at a meeting of the National Sports Council. While it doesn’t necessarily play an active […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize Bank Super League Tournament blasted off its 2011 playoffs yesterday with the reams fighting to get into the finals under the double elimination format. At the People Stadium, Orange Walk United played host to Paradise Freedom Fighters who had not been beaten by […]
International basketball star, Alex Carcamo, is in Belize to tie the knot with his fiancé in Placencia and while he’s here, young athletes will get an opportunity to participate in a basketball camp which begins next week Tuesday. The competition promises lots of prizes including autographed jerseys and footwear. It’s his first venture into hosting […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. As regular season in the Belize Bank Super League Tournament reached its natural conclusion over the weekend, Raymond Gentle City Boys completed its schedule by hosting Hattieville Monarchs inside the MCC Grounds yesterday. It’s a tale of 2 teams streaking in opposite direction as Hattieville […]
The recent performance of Belize’s Under Seventeen National Basketball Team can only be described as impressive. During its first two games in the COCABA Championship tournament that’s underway in Costa Rica, the Belize team took down Nicaragua with a score of eighty-eight to fifty-seven. The local boys went on to play El Salvador on Wednesday […]
Good Evening. I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. In week 13 of the Belize Bank Super League Tournament, the red hot Orange Walk United hosted the always dangerous Placencia Assassins Saturday night inside the People’s Stadium as the mad scramble to make the 4 team playoffs intensifies. It’s the visitors with the first […]
Good Evening, I am James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 22nd Annual Women’s Cross Country Cycle Classic will be remembered for a very long time because it proved to be the most competitive female race in recent memory. At the heart of this story is Shalini Zabaneh who came in as defending champion […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 11 of the Belize Bank Super league Tournament took us to Sugar City Saturday night where Orange Walk United, fresh off handing RG City Boys its 1st Season loss, played host to the Hattieville Monarchs who have been plagued by inconsistent play all season […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Raymond Gentle City Boys United took its quest for perfection into the People’s Stadium as week 10 found them in action against Orange Walk United and folks this match-up lined up to its pre-game hype – sp lets get started. It’s all OW in the […]
Two-weeks ago more than two hundred and seventy children and youth from across the city flocked the Bird’s Isle for the Rose Classic basketball camp. This year saw largest turn-out and for its fifth year it was a huge success. The camp, which kept the youngsters occupied during the Easter Break closed off today, but […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. The 83rd Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic grabbed center stage on Holy Saturday as the entire nation tuned in to be entertained by the biggest one day sporting spectacle in the Jewel. In fact, we dare say fan support was the biggest […]
Just before news time, riders of the eighty-third Cross Country paraded through the City streets. It’s the traditional pre-race that provides fans with the opportunity to get acquainted with the riders. This year, more than one hundred and twenty will race from Belize City to San Ignacio and back covering over a hundred and forty […]
Good night I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. Week 8 in the Belize Bank Super League Tournament brought the surging Orange Walk United ball club to the MCC Grounds to face Third World FC, a team that took the home pitch yesterday, fresh out of the cellar. Even before the fans are properly […]
Next Saturday, the bugle will sound at the starting line of this year’s Cross Country Cycling Classic. It’s the biggest sporting event locally that takes cyclists from Belize City, up the hills in the Cayo District and back into the old capital. Belizeans are feverishly hoping that the prestigious garland will go back in the […]
FIFA’s president Joseph Sepp Blatter touched down in Belize for only a few hours on Wednesday; he arrived and left on a private plane heading to Nicaragua. The visit, albeit short, gave him enough time to express his stanch support to Dr. Bertie Chimilio, the president of the Football Federation of Belize which is a […]
The Belize Basketball Federation announced on Tuesday a decision to forgo the upcoming COCABA games. It’s a major decision for basketball and a blow for many fans, especially after team Belize put off a stellar performance at the previous COCABA Championships in August 2009 in Cancun. The hopes of the nation were on an all […]
Still on sports, the President of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter arrived in Belize and met with the Prime Minister today. The occasion is the inauguration of what is called the GOAL PROJECT II “Seating Facility and Change Rooms” of the FIFA stadium in Belmopan to which Caribbean Tires is a major contributor. The Football Federation, […]
In August 2009 Team Belize got a taste of victory despite placing second in the COCABA Championship held in Cancun, Mexico. The team then proceeded to the Centro Basket Tournament in the Dominican Republic a year later where it played its heart out against formidable opponents including Team Venezuela. But Belize was eventually eliminated from […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sport’s Monday. Week 7 of the Belize Bank Super League Tournament saw Hattieville Monarchs play host to the red hot and still undefeated Raymond Gentle City Boys United as the league leader looked to keep its clean sheet intact against a team that seems to be struggling […]
Special Olympics Belize athletes are known to bring back the medals from international games. This year a football team from Special Olympics will be competing in the World Summer Games in June. The athletes are heading all the way to Greece, so the organization has been struggling to find the funds to pay for travel […]
