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Hernan Ochaeta tops 1st annual junior four stage cycle tour

Good evening I’m James Adderley with your weekly delivery of Sports Monday. The first ever junior four stage cycle tour in Belize blasted off at Sugar City O.W. on Thursday through the efforts of the Belize Cycling Association as five teams, featuring some thirty cyclists including Team Alberta of Canada, take off to complete the […]

Gentle Touch grabs 3rd consecutive championship

Gentle Touch grabs 3rd consecutive championship Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this version of Sports Monday. Week four of the RF&G Cup Tournament brought Benque DC to the M.C.C. Grounds for the long awaited shoot-out with the Belize Defence Force. And the Military wastes no time in going offensive when Evan […]

Belize’s athlete qualifies for Olympic hurdles semi-finals

There are four Belizeans are among the thousands of athletes in Beijing, China, doing their best to make their country proud in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. So far only one of the Belizeans has competed and tonight Jose Sanchez takes a look at his performance and the scandal that had the local airwaves buzzing. […]

Mariano scores hat trick for B.D.F. big W against Wagiya

Good evening I’m James Adderley welcoming you to this edition of Spots Monday. Week three of the RF&G Cup Tournament brought Wagiya of Dangriga to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday against the Belize Defence Force and as quick as four minutes in Dennis Serrano unleashes this header that gives the military a 1-zip lead. For its […]

Jonathan Williams carries Belize flag at opening of Olympics

Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, was packed with ninety-one thousand people for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. The ceremony exploded with multi-coloured fireworks, prolific displays of Chinese culture, and coordination and precision all in the spirit of international good will. President Hu Jintao said “The historic moment we have […]

Football Federation hit by another scandal

Controversy seems to follow the Football Federation of Belize and the man at the centre of the storm is its President, Dr. Bertie Chimilio. The allegation this time has come from the past coach Palmiro Salas who coached the Belize team to a win in round one of the qualifying games of the FIFA World […]

Small delegation of athletes heads to Beijing for Olympics

The spectacular opening ceremony for the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China this Friday and in Chinese culture, the number eight is associated with prosperity and confidence, so the ceremony is scheduled to begin at eight p.m. on the eighth of the eighth month of the year. […]

Belize Bodybuilding team scores silver in El Salvador

In other sports news, the Belize National Bodybuilding team travelled to El Salvador to compete in the Central American Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship over the weekend. And not to be outdone by the women’s under nineteen softball team that returned victorious to Belize yesterday, silver medals were won by two of the competitors: Edwin Ramirez […]

Gentle Touch eliminates Sugar City from championship round

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly happy to present this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. We were in Free Port Bahamas over the weekend for a family reunion. Check this blast out guys, my brother is wealthy, my sister has a palatial residence and my niece owns one of the finest homes on […]

Softball girls bring back silver

When they left Belize last Thursday, it was a relatively quiet event. But on their return today, the Belize Under Nineteen Softball girls came back with a bang from the Women’s Under-Nineteen softball championships for Central America, which took place over the weekend in San Salvador. It is reminiscent of the glory days when the […]

Belizean participants prepare for Central American Games

This week the Special Olympics Belize Committee held its second annual summer camp at Stella Maris School in Belize City. According to the organization, in previous years, youths with disabilities have been known to roam the streets in the months when schools are closed. At the end of 2006, the board of directors felt it […]

RF&G Football Cup 2008 season kicked off over the weekend

Good evening, I’m James Adderley. You’re right on time for this dish of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the M.C.C. Grounds where the RFG Cup kicked off its 2008 season as F.C. Belize hosted Suga Boys Juventus of Orange Walk inside the M.C.C. Grounds Saturday night. With the comfort of the home field […]

Belize Basketball Assn. teams up with F.C.I.B. for teen camp

The Belize Basketball Association has joined other organisations in providing opportunities for wholesome activities at this time of the year when schools are closed for the summer break. The B.B.A. has teamed up with FirstCaribbean Bank in jointly sponsoring a training camp exclusively for teenagers. Today News Five spoke to representatives from both organisations. Cojac […]

Champion of Champions competition plays in Benque Viejo

Good evening, I’m James Adderley punching out this week’s portion of Sports Monday. Fanfare, amusement and entertainment provided an atmosphere of excitement and party as the Benque Fiesta roared to life over the weekend out west. Even the prevailing rains couldn’t dampen the session at La Isla de Benque Viejo and it certainly had a […]

National Football players finally get paid

Today it was all smiles for members of the Belize National Football team as finally they collected handsome payments for gate receipts of games played against Mexico in the FIFA qualifying match at Houston’s Reliant Stadium and the Estadio Universitario of Monterrey, Mexico. For several weeks the players were locked in a squabble with Dr. […]

Aero Dispatch tops B.W.S. in Interoffice basketball action

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly happy you could join us for this issue of Sports Monday. The Interoffice Basketball three game championship series exploded to life Friday night inside the Civic Center as the underdog B.W.S. Pressure faced off against the heavily loaded Aerodispatch Services and indeed the decided edge in favour […]

M&M Promise Keepers are Christian Basketball League champs

Good evening, I’m James Adderley. Welcome aboard for this weeks flight of Sports Monday. As money time approaches in the Belize Female Football League, the jockeying for post season play has reached fever pitch people. Yesterday inside the M.C.C. Grounds, Millennium Girls hosted the always dangerous Delille Pumas of Dangriga and can you believe fourteen […]

Gian Ochaeta conquers 2008 Father’s Day Cycling Classic

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Father’s Day Cycle Classic finally got staged by the Belize Cycling Association yesterday featuring the Elite and the junior classes. Here are the thirty-two elite riders blasting off for the eighty mile run from the Benque Viejo border station en route to the finish […]

Belize butchered in Monterrey in 7-nil blow-out

Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re welcome to Sports Monday. Game two of the World Cup Qualifying series between Belize and Mexico unfolded at the Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, Mexico Saturday night and after losing the home game at Houston, Texas two nothing, Belizeans worldwide certainly felt encouraged going into Mexico. however, that enthusiasm […]

Belizean Jaguars to face off with Mexican powerhouse Sat. night

Less than a week ago the hearts of every red blooded Belizean swelled with pride as the national football team defended our honour against Mexico’s best in World Cup action. On Saturday night, the Jaguars will go head to head with our northern neighbours on their home turf. The match will take place in Monterrey, […]

Belizean footballers beaten but proud

Good evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly happy to roll out this dish of Sports Monday. So we zoom in on the Reliant Stadium at Houston Texas, United States, where yesterday the Belizean Flag is being raised in support of our National Football Team for game one of their World Cup Qualifying series against […]

Bar Association tops Interoffice basketball action

Good evening I’m James Adderley so welcome board this journey we call Sports Monday. The Interoffice Basketball League continues to entertain inside the Civic Center people and we’re inside for Friday night’s opener as the Belize City Council plays host to GPO/Grace Kennedy team. We join the action in early third quarter when Andrew Moses […]

Weekend sports limited to interoffice hoops

Good evening I’m James Adderley with this week’s dish of Sports Monday. So we join the mopping session inside the Civic Centre yesterday which gives testimony to the heavy rains that attacked the nation over the weekend. Adhering to the motto “the show must go on”, the Inter-Office Basketball competition completed its full schedule of […]

Shalini Zabaneh is 2008 Cross Country Champion

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The nineteenth Annual Female Cross Country Cycling Classic took center stage over the weekend. So we take you out to in front of the Police Station inside San Ignacio where fifteen athletes are suited up in a bid for the most prestigious cycling title to […]

New shoes for Special Olympians

With the athletic feats of Marion Jones erased from the record books and only a token team headed to China this summer, the Belize Olympics will be a non-event in terms of Belizean National pride. But as our top runners and jumpers suffer from lack of resources and motivation, another group of hard working athletes […]