The Commonwealth Games, the third largest multi-sport event in the world, will be hosted this year in Delhi. Of the seventy-one countries that make up the Commonwealth, only six have had perfect attendance at the games. Nonetheless, the traditional passage of the baton through all its member nations is a feat that sees athletes and […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we present to you, this Tuesday version of sports Monday. As dawn breaks across Belize City on Holy Saturday, all traffic leads to Leslie’s Imports just outside the city limits where eighteen teams, thirteen local and five foreign units which adds up to ninety-eight athletes are suited up for […]
The annual Cross Country Cycling Classic, arguably the biggest sporting event in Belize, is a marvel of speed and endurance. Holy Saturday has become synonymous with the gruelling tourney which draws participants and spectators from across the country and abroad. While much is known about the cyclists, the route they travel and the coveted garland, […]
Four years ago Belizean-American Cleon Hyde, while on vacation in the country decided on an initiative that would deter city youths on school break from crime and violence. He pitched an idea of hosting a basketball camp to the Belize City Council and soon after, the Rose Classic International was introduced to a team of […]
Though Elvin Penner, the Minister of Sports, was silent on the ongoing construction at the site on Princess Margaret Drive, Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez, the Minister of Works, says other works are underway. The Ministry of Works is the project manager for the construction, and earlier today Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez pointed out that the second phase […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the Succotz Ferry in Cayo for the start of the eleventh annual Junior Cross Country Cycle Classic which would run for seventy-two miles along the Western Highway where forty-two of the youngest and brightest in the sport are suited up for […]
Early this morning hundreds of kids and supporters of the Special Olympics took part in their annual sporting event that concluded at the Stella Maris School compound on Princess Margaret Drive. They were joined this morning by the organization known as One World Running, which donated tennis shoes to the kids. Open Your Eyes broadcast […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this thing we call Sports Monday. All roads led to the Capital city, Belmopan, yesterday where the Football Federation of Belize staged Belize’s opening round appearance in UNCAF’s under twenty-one qualifying tournament by hosting Nicaragua to kick off the home and away series. We must give […]
The days are counting down to the judgment that the National Basketball team has been waiting on ever since it competed in the COCABA games in Cancun last year. In August of 2009, the team won silver, but the international Basketball Federation (FIBA) claimed that some of the players did not receive their Belizean citizenship […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s your weekly dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the Caribbean Motors Cup brought Paradise Freedom Fighters to the M.C.C. Grounds as they took aim at F.C. Belize who has climbed up to second place in the standings at this juncture. Five minutes in the host team looks […]
This past Wednesday, Marion Jones sealed a major contract to play professional basketball. Marion made Belize proud at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when she flew past her competitors to cross the finish line first and then proceeded to drape herself with the Belize and American flags. Marion Jones would collect five medals and then […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and today we’ve got a jammed pack Sports Monday for you. To start, let’s quickly jump into La Ruta Maya River Challenge which blasted off its thirteenth edition Friday inside the Macal River at San Ignacio under the gaze of thousands of fans which gives testimony to its meteoric rise […]
The paddle across Belize officially kicked off the 9th of March weekend festivities and while we know where the race will end on Monday we do not know who will emerge victorious in this year’s La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. News Five is following the progress of the competition as paddlers sprint, pace and […]
The thirteenth annual La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge kicks off Friday morning at seven o’clock on the banks of the Macal River in the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena. The grueling hundred and seventy mile race will include teams of canoe paddlers representing various businesses across the country. Onlookers will line […]
There is another major sporting event taking place this extended holiday weekend. The Belize Cycling Association is hosting its annual Belmopan Cycling Classic. There are three categories that the riders will compete in. The public relations officer for the association, Kwame Scott, says that the economic downturn has affected sponsorship for the event. Even though […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week three of the Caribbean Motors Cup as presented by the B.P.F.L. saw the head on clash between the two Belize City teams as defending champ, the Belize Defence Force made a stand against F.C. Belize inside the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday. However, we must apologize […]
It’s the countdown to the final decision regarding the status of Belize’s National Basketball Team. The team won silver at the COCABA championships held in Cancun, Mexico in 2009. But during the August games, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), disqualified Herbert Allen, Dakin Braddik, Charlie Burgess and Kyron Stokes. FIBA claimed the players didn’t receive […]
Over the past weekend athletes from all seven Central American countries were at the City Center for the Fifteenth Karate Championships for the region. It was the first time that Belize was chosen to host the competition and according to athlete and vice president of the Belize Karate Federation, Leon Guild, the country was not […]
The governor general, Sir Colville Young, is known for his generous donations of music equipment to educational facilities throughout the country. This afternoon, Sir Colville made a presentation to a Belize City high school of sporting equipment worth over sixty-four thousand dollars. According to the Principal of Nazarene High School, Cricket, is one of the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the City center where all seven Central American countries converged Friday night for the staging of the Fifteenth Central American Karate Championship with Belize in role of host to this massive international event. Among the dignitaries present at […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the Western Highway where we join the fifteenth running of the Digicell Valentine Classic as these two riders use the descent on Cement Hill to distance themselves from the main pack in this ninety mile journey that headed from San […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we bring you yet another splash of Sports Monday. we head immediately to La Democracia on the Western Highway for the start of Saturday’s forty mile race presented by the Belize City association which would run through the hills to the Sibun Bridge on the Hummingbird Highway and swing […]
Karate may not be as popular as basketball or football, but its kicks, blocks and chops have been present in Belize. But its graceful katas have been lying dormant in the shadows for several years. Since 2006, dedicated athletes have shed their sweat for the sport’s revival. Herman Pastor junior, the president of the Belize […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The tension continues to mount inside the cycling community as we speed on to the massive 2010 Cross Country Classic set for Holy Saturday. Over the weekend, a whopping sixty-three riders suited up for the weekly Saturday race presented by the Belize Cycling Association in […]
It’s not one of the dominant sports, but Karate is becoming increasingly popular among primary and secondary school students. It is being promoted, not only as an opportunity to learn self defense, but also as a healthy and discipline centered activity for the youths. Evidence of the sport’s growth in Belize, was a national competition […]
