“Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We’re inside the MCC grounds, where yesterday the City Boys united, formerly Kraal Road, made a stand against Placencia Assassins in a pivotal showdown. In some fifteen minutes into the action, when Leonard Valdez launches this left foot goal, which allows goalkeeper ,Charlie Slusher to […]
The Belize National Basketball team is preparing to head to the upcoming Centro Basket Tournament in the Dominican Republic in July. In light of a recent legal victory in the International Court of Arbitration for Sports in favor of members of the national team who played in the COCABA Games in Cancun last year, the […]
Good Evening I am James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was as if Mother Nature conspired against the Caribbean Motors Cup finals inside MCC grounds, yesterday as it soaked the city all day, cancelling Channel Five’s live airing and forcing most fans to stay indoors. What had been anticipated a grand and glorious […]
Guatemalan national Miguel Perez, winner of the Eighty-second Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic, remains the subject of an investigation carried out by the Belize Cycling Association. As we reported on Tuesday night, Perez, who rode for the Sugar City Stars, tested positive for an unspecified hormone. News Five’s Isani Cayetano has more on this story. […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley with this week’s portion of Sports Tuesday. The Caribbean Motors Cup final got off to a roaring start in Dangriga, on Sunday where George Town Ibayani utilized the Carl Ramos Stadium to host the Belize Defense Force to kick off the two game series for the 2010 B.P.F.L. title. Georgetown […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the M.C.C Grounds where F.C. Belize hosted the Belize Defence Force in the final match of a two game series to determine who moves on to the championship round from this particular grouping. F.C. Belize went into yesterday’s match down […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re very welcome to this delivery of Sports Monday. The Caribbean Motor Cup Playoffs moved into high gear over the weekend as the four finalists began the fight to make it into the championship round. Inside the Carl Ramos Stadium, the new home site for Georgetown Ibayani, who hosted […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The fifth annual Pablo Marin Cycle Classic took center stage on the Northern Highway on Saturday, May first with eighty-two athletes suited up for the start at Miami Beach Corozal for the seventy-nine point three mile ride open to all male cyclists. Coming out at […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we thank you for joining this issue of Sports Monday. Round fourteen of the Caribbean Motor Cup Tournament brought the two front runners into a head on clash at the M.C.C. grounds yesterday as F.C. Belize hosted the Belize Defence Force in a battle for the lead in the […]
They brought back the medals from Panama over the past week after competing at the Central American Games. The Belize delegation was not huge in numbers but the groups that competed in the different disciplines proved that there is talent among our young athletes, regardless of the limited resources. Today, the National Sports Council officially […]
A decision of the International Court of Arbitration for Sports, which was delivered on Tuesday, opens the way for the national basketball team to compete in the pre-Olympic games. The Court based in Switzerland on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Belize Basketball Federation which appealed a FIBA decision to disqualify six members of the […]
July is only a short distance away when it comes to practice and preparation for Centro Basket. And while the B.B.F. is scouting players for the next tournament, one of the original team players which brought victory from the COCABA games is already in Belize. Gene Myvett, returned to the jewel to play in a […]
More athletes returned home today from the Central American Games in Panama. The Belize contingent was not as large as other Central American countries so that may be one of the reasons it placed last in the number of medals. So far, female cyclist Shalini Zabaneh won silver while Edward Reyes brought back the bronze. […]
While victory is sweet for the team, preparing them also came with some level of commitment. But once everyone knew how important the games were, team delegate, Dale Sutherland says training was no problem. Dion Sutherland, delegate, Athletics team “It wasn’t difficult because this is something the athletes knew long in advance and they prepared […]
A major and favorable decision was received today by the Belize Basketball Federation which puts to rest the challenge to the nationality of members of the national team that brought home the silver in last year’s regional games. News Five Jose Sanchez found out today that the Court of Arbitration for Sports has set aside […]
The cycling delegation has returned from the Central American Games in Panama. In the female road race, El Salvador and Costa Rica won gold and silver, Belize narrowly lost the bronze medal to Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s cyclist Adriana Rojas came in third with a time of one hour fifty one minutes, and thirty one […]
Not only did the athletes believe that they need more time to train with each other, the team’s coach and president also shared the same sentiment. Emil Moreno, the president of the Belize Cycling Association, indicated that if the athletes could have spent adequate time in Panama prior to the games in order to adjust […]
Bodybuilding has been a source of gold in the past, but there were no medals forthcoming this year. What the delegation brought back was experience and certification for a judge in the sport. In addition to the president and vice president of the association, Belize was represented at the games by Faith Ferguson in Body […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week thirteen of the Caribbean Motors Cup brought two teams from opposite ends of the standings to the MCC Grounds yesterday as league leading Belize Defence Force hosted Shanaiah Corozal who came in tied at the bottom of the standings with BRC Blaze. Nevertheless, the […]
In the ongoing Central American Games in Panama, Belize has athletes competing in karate, cycling, softball, volleyball and athletics. So far the national softball team has claimed a bronze medal and in female cycling Shalini Zabaneh won silver in the twenty mile individual time trial on Wednesday. She was beaten by Natalia Navarro of Costa […]
There is both good and bad reports coming from the Central American Games in Panama, where Belize has a contingent of athletes competing is several disciplines. To start with the good news, female cyclist Shalini Zabaneh won silver in the Individual Time Trial race this morning, coming in behind the rider for Costa Rica. Guatemala’s […]
A contingent of Belizean athletes headed to Panama to compete in cycling, karate, softball, volleyball and athletics in the 2010 Central American Games. The best performances so far are from the female softball team that is heading the semi-finals as number one among the four teams that made it that far. The Female National Team […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley. This is Sports Monday. We begin with yesterday’s showdown in the Caribbean Motors Cup tournament at the M.C.C. Grounds where the defending champions, the Belize Defence Force, hosted Georgetown Ibayani in a tale of teams streaking in different directions. We’re fifteen minutes in when Kenroy Authors of Ibayani eats this […]
While the Queen’s Relay Baton makes its passage through Belize leading up to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi later this year, a contingent of athletes from the Jewel led by Chef de Mission Frank McKenzie left for Panama today to compete in the Ninth Annual Central American Games. Unlike previous years the events will take […]
The coveted 2010 Cross Country Classic garland was taken by Miguel Perez from Guatemala. He is the eighty-second winner of the biggest sporting event in the jewel. The first Belizean who crossed the finish line on Holy Saturday was Marlon Castillo. There were ups and downs from start to finish, excitement and dreams of glory […]
