Good evening. I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to another fresh dish of Sports Monday. We take you back immediately people to Thursday at Leslie?s Imports on the Western Highway, where thirty-six riders are all dressed up to begin the five stage M & M Masters Cycle Tour which caters to over twenty-three years […]
For the past three days, early morning activity on the Western Highway has been dominated by participants in the male edition of the M and M Engineering Tour for category three, four and five riders. News Five’s Janelle Chanona and cameraman Godfrey Ramsey have been among those early risers and file the following report on […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley welcoming you to this edition of Sports Monday. The M & M Female Cycle Tour concluded over the weekend, and these are the early morning sights and sounds that precede the start of this big event. Unfortunately the long morning rain has become a factor in stage one of the […]
In clubs across the country, boys and girls, men and women are lining up to learn martial arts. There are three styles of karate being practiced in Belize: Shotokan, Red Dragon and Khukokai. And next month, these highly trained athletes will get the chance to strut their stuff on an international stage. News Five’s Alyssa […]
Last weekend it was professionals taking part in the Father’s Day Cycling Classic, but this Sunday it is the youths’ turn to ride in the race honouring Bishop O.P. Martin. The sporting event is being organised by the Belize Rollers Cycling Enterprise and is open to cyclists in primary and secondary school, eight years old […]
Good evening I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this serving of Sports Monday. The Father?s Day Cycle Classic was a monster which rolled for eighty-two miles from the Benque Viejo border station to finish on Coney Drive, here in Belize City. We go directly to the sprint for the w and left of […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this edition of Sports Monday. Game two of the R.F.G. Trophy Tournament Championship Series took us to scenic San Ignacio yesterday where undefeated New Site Erei of Dangriga was hosted by Hankook Verdes inside the Norman Broaster Stadium. For starters folks we must congratulate the […]
The competition was stiff, but the Belize National Basketball Team triumphed as they defeated El Salvador last night in San Salvador. The score was ninety to eighty-one. The victory was the second in a two game series in which Belize took game one at home. This means that Belize has now secured a spot in […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and you?re absolutely welcome to this version of what we call Sports Monday. And we were certainly felt privileged to be inside the Carl Ramos Stadium in Dangriga yesterday where New Site Erei played host to Hankook Verdes of Cayo, in game one of the R.F.G. Trophy Tournament two game […]
And in case you missed E.S.P.N. this weekend, we are happy to note that our favourite Belizean sprinter, Marion Jones, is back in form. Jones, running in just her third race in the last eleven months–and first in the U.S.A.–placed first in a strong field in Saturday’s Reebok Grand Prix held in New York City. […]
To put it mildly, the Belize National team has had a tough time in international play but the players and coaches are going down kicking and screaming. This weekend our boys will play El Salvador at home in an eleventh hour bid for bronze and a spot in Centro Basket. According to Harold Zuniga, general […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and thanks for boarding this latest flight of Sports Monday. Week five of the R.F.G. Trophy Tournament play-offs brought New Site Erei of Dangriga to the M.C.C. Grounds for the rematch with F.C. Belize looking to avenge last weeks 2-1 defeat. Some four minutes in Elroy Kuylen is forced to […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley with this week?s dish of Sports Monday. Week three of the R.F.G. Trophy Tournament play-offs took us to beautiful Dangriga on Sunday where undefeated New Site Erei played host to F.C. Belize. Would the Belize City team be able to pick up a very important win on the road? Well, […]
Belize’s hoop dreams of international glory may have crashed and burned against Mexico but this weekend our athletes will get a chance to restore national pride in competition that’s just as intense. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the volleyball courts at Old Belize. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, more than twenty international volleyball players […]
And speaking of poverty, the Belize National Basketball Team continued to fare poorly in its match up with Mexico. Having dropped two games at home, the Belizeans headed to Mexico Monday night for games in Playa del Carmen and Chetumal. The results were no more encouraging as we went down on consecutive nights, one hundred […]
On the first night they lost by seventeen points. On the second night, the deficit grew to twenty-one. And today our national men’s basketball team is making its way north to where they will once again go head to head with the Mexicans in the third game of the four game series. And while we […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this issue of Sports Monday. Mother?s Day not only brings with it a focus on the role of mothers, but it also produces the female cyclist of the year on that very special day. So we take you to yesterday?s start of the seventeenth Annual […]
On Sunday morning, mothers across Belize should be waking up to breakfast in bed, flowers and other showers of gratitude. But a dozen young women, including a handful of mothers, will be gearing up for the seventeenth annual female cross country. Today I got a preview of the race from the seat of the competition. […]
Our national effort last week in international basketball may be a sad memory but today Team Belize is convinced that the players have gotten their act together and should redeem themselves in games three and four against Mexico. Today our homeboys packed their bags, took a bus ride to the Phillip Goldson International Airport and […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley, this is Sports Monday. The final schedule, namely week ten of the RFG Trophy Tournament brought Belmopan United to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday to face F.C. Belize. F.C. Belize needs a win to cement its grip on a post season appearance so they opt for the early goal on this […]
Reporting bad news is never fun … but for the second night in a row I’m forced to be the bearer of bad tidings from the Belize City Centre. That’s right: another defeat at the hands of Mexico. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Empty bleachers at the starting buzzer may have been a sign that Belizean basketball […]
The Belize City Centre was filled with drama and patriotism last night as basketball fans gathered in the old capital to witness our national team face off with their Mexican counterparts. But as James Adderley reports, the joy of an early lead quickly degenerated into the agony of a disappointing rout. James Adderley, Reporting When […]
But while things are tough on the hardwood at home, out in Texas Belizeans are expected to fare much better in international canoeing competition. Six paddlers including Efrain Cruz, Armin Lopez, Daniel Cruz, Amado Cruz, Jerry Rhaburn and John Bugge left the country earlier this week to prepare for the Texas Water Safari. According to […]
There are few things that raise the morale of a nation more than success in the arena of international sport. Belize, a country very much in need of a morale boost, will have a chance to enhance our self esteem tonight and tomorrow when we take on the national basketball team of Mexico. They are […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley this is Sports Monday. Week nine of the RFG Trophy Tournament found Placencia Pirates at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium against Belmopan United as the mad dash to make the playoffs continues. So the host team Belmopan tries to jump on this spotkick to grab the early lead, but the launch […]
