Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this first post-election issue of Sports Monday. We take you back to last week’s historic 3-1 win by the National Football Team of Belize over their St. Kitts and Nevis counterpart inside the Mateo Flores Stadium, Guatemala City. We must mention it because it is the […]
Ninety-nine percent of the news coverage revolved around the insulting, degrading, and humiliating decision to play today’s home World Cup qualifying match against St. Kitts in Guatemala City. But behind the politics was an important sporting event. And guess what? Belize was victorious. The score was 3-1, with two goals scored by Deon McCauley and […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just stepped into this portion we call Sports Monday. Dr. Bertie Chimilio, in his capacity as President of the Football Federation of Belize, continues to execute his plan to stage Belize’s World Cup Qualifying home match on February sixth against St. Kitts and Nevis inside Guatemala, a country […]
The press release came out of the blue late this evening and we are still not clear on exactly what it means. Better I read it verbatim. “The government has announced that Belize is boycotting the upcoming World Cup Qualifying football Match to be held in Guatemala City on the sixth February 2008 between Belize […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly welcomed to this segment we Sports Monday. Week eighteen in the RFG Cup Tournament should have decided who makes the four team post season but week twelve; a full back match fixture of weekend games has yet to be staged. Nevertheless, we are inside the Norman Broaster […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re most certainly welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. After a week of rest, Wagiya of Dangriga returned to the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament with a visit to the Belize Defense Force at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday in a bid to return to the top of the standings […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly welcome to this delivery of Sports Monday. With league leader Wagiya of Dangriga idle over the weekend, Hankook Verdes of Cayo looked to make up some ground as it faced Santels in the San Ignacio derby yesterday on week sixteen of the RFG Insurance Football Cup Tournament. […]
Three months after Marion Jones admitted she took performance enhancing drugs, today a U.S. judge has ordered her to spend six months behind bars. Jones, with her husband Obadele Thompson at her side, appeared before Federal Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York this morning and was given the maximum sentence of six months […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you this week’s delivery of Sports Monday. Week fifteen of the RFG Insurance Tournament saw Hankook Verdes travel to the People’s Stadium to face a Juventus ballclub reeling from three losses in a row in which they gave up twelve goals. For its part, […]
Like all races, the Krem New Year’s Day Cycling Classic is a pressure filled event as more than a hundred participants are expected to compete for the prizes and the glory. But as local riders prepare to head north, developments in Belize City this afternoon could mean extra drama at the start line. News Five’s […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly welcome you to this final dish of Sports Monday for the year 2007. The RFG Cup Tournament ended the year on a high note with a monster show in Dangriga Sunday evening as Wagiya hosted F.C. Belize, the defending champion, inside the Carl Ramos Stadium. […]
When we last left cycling, the sport was steeped in controversy as allegations of doping were being hurled against the country’s most successful team. However, investigations would later reveal that there was no evidence to substantiate the claims, so in the face of legal action the accusers had to apologize for their public condemnations. That […]
James Adderley Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s your Christmas dish of Sports Monday. Week thirteen of the RFG Cup Tournament brought the San Pedro Dolphins to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday for its scheduled match with F.C. Belize. The Belize City team looks to strike first off this right foot lift by Jeremy James […]
And while Castillo has a security crisis on his hands, he is also dealing with another big headache involving his favourite hobby. Cycling has always been associated with controversy, but the sport hit a new low this week when accusations of doping were hurled at the biggest team sponsor. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Santino […]
It’s a project that’s been in the pipelines so long we thought it had gotten stuck. But as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, tonight the Musa Administration is once again promising that work on the Marion Jones Sporting Complex will soon begin. Marion Ali, Reporting The Marion Jones Sports Complex may look deplorable now, but […]
James Adderley Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly most welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. With the RFG Cup Tournament currently on hold as a result of National Team activities, we visited the Super League which presented Forever Strong Kraal Road at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday against Benque D.C. United. The city […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this Sports Monday. Week eleven of the RFG Tournament brought the Belize City derby to the M.C.C. Grounds as F.C. Belize clashed with the Belize Defense Force in a bid to move closer to the top of the standing in the league. F.C. Belize looks to strike first off […]
Last week we reported on the strong possibility that, due to the poor condition of the country’s football stadiums, Belize would be forced to play both its 2008 World Cup qualifying matches abroad. It was noted that the Football Federation of Belize would be speaking to government on the issue and yesterday evening Press Office […]
And while on the subject of international sports, just in case you were wondering what Belizean-American basketballer Milton Palacio is up to, we have discovered that there is life after the N.B.A. The veteran pro point guard is playing in the highly competitive Euroleague for the team Partizan Igokea of Belgrade. According to its website […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve locked into this session of Sports Monday. Week nine of the R.F.G. Cup Tournament found the battle for the lead in the standings heating up big time and the Belize Defense Force were looking to make that leap when they hosted last place Georgetown Ibayani at the M.C.C. […]
For the rest of the week, a Belizean delegation will be in Rehultaleu Guatemala taking part in the first Central American Games for Students with Disabilities. According to Special Olympics Belize, the team of twenty-three athletes and their coaches and chaperons left yesterday to compete against an estimated five hundred young men and women from […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this delivery of Sports Monday. F.C. Belize came into Week Nine of the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament with a shot at zooming to the top when they hosted league leader Hankook Verdes inside the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday. Indeed it’s a promising start for the Belize City […]
As Belize gets ready to fight its uphill battle in the eliminations leading to the 2010 World Cup, one of the embarrassments we face is the sad state of our football fields. When he briefed us on Wednesday, President of the Football Federation of Belize, Doctor Bertie Chimilio, said that for years it has been […]
It’s almost a predetermined occurrence—each time our local football boys take the field against their regional or international counterparts, the end result is a merciless beating. But football officials want to turn that around by the next World Cup scheduled for South Africa in 2010. To reach that goal, Belize will have to make it […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad you could join us for this serving of Sports Monday. We’re inside beautiful Dangriga Sunday morning where this bust of Thomas Vincent Ramos silently presides over the start of today’s seventy-five mile cycle race weaved into the Garifuna Settlement Day programme in Dangriga. As the athletes […]
