Good evening, I?m James Adderley, and you?ve logged on to the latest edition of Sports Monday. BTL Nets and Kruzzaz went into Game III of the 5 Game Semi-pro basketball championships Friday night inside the City Centre knotted at a game a piece. Kenroy Smith comes out sizzling for the Kruzzaz as he penetrates to […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley with yet another fresh dish of Sports Monday. For the past five years, we?ve observed the Lionman Triathlons evolve from a worthy recreational experiment into a major sporting event, second only to the cross country cycling classic in Belize. In the fifth edition of the event, number eighteen Wolly Wolger, […]
It was a hastily organised season, played without the presence of big name imports, and as a result attendance has been disappointing. But that has not dampened the enthusiasm of the players of the two teams facing off in the finals of this year’s semi-pro basketball championship. News 5’s Patrick Jones offers a preview of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s edition of Sports Monday. The Prestigious Mr. Belize Contest of Bodybuilding was staged Friday night inside the Princess Hotel and Casino where this spectacle of wall-to-wall muscle took centre stage. We go immediately to the main even as the serious came out to claim the all Belize […]
Twenty-four hours is not a whole lot of time to visit a city, let alone a country, but Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is packing in as much as he can. Following public ceremonies and private meetings in Belmopan yesterday afternoon and a dinner in his honour in Belize City last night, the youthful leader this […]
The 2004 Regent’s Cup may sit safely on the mantle of Sagitun…but there’s another football championship at stake and those competing for the title are no less dedicated than their semipro colleagues. And did I forget to mention…these players are not men. Patrick Jones, Reporting The Kulture Yabra female football team has been kicking up […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with a brand new package of Sports Monday. The semi-pro basketball competition arrived at the post season Friday night as the number one seed BTL Nets and the number four seed Belmopan Blue Devils touched off the four-team playoffs inside the City Centre. In both regular season meetings, the Nets […]
2004 will not be remembered as a great year by Marion Jones. Under investigation for drug violations by the U.S. anti doping agency, the Belizean-American today failed twice to win medals in the Athens Olympics. In the long jump Marion finished fifth, fouling on two attempts and reaching a best distance of six point eight […]
It’s so far so good for Marion Jones in Athens. Last night she qualified easily for the finals in the long jump, despite a foul on her first attempt. Here’s how it went on the NBC broadcast. NBC Sportscaster “Now Marion Jones received that foul in her first attempt. They only get three to qualify […]
If the Athens Olympics just don’t seem to cut it for Belizeans the way the Sydney games did four years ago, the reason is not difficult to find. It’s Marion Jones–or rather the lack of Marion Jones. Sure, she’ll compete Friday in the long jump–and hopefully win–as well as run a leg in the four-by-one […]
Belize has only two athletes competing at the Athens Olympics and this morning, within eight hours of each other, they both had their shot at glory. Shortly after two a.m. Belize time, Emma Wade eased into the blocks for her qualifying heat in the two hundred metres. Calling the race for the Caribbean Media Corporation […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. The friendly confines of Double Head failed to propel Excellence in Game I of the Harrison Parks National Cricket Championship. So on Saturday, Game II moves to Flowers Bank where Wicked Eleven ball club hope to seal the 2004 title. It’s Excellence batting […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and here?s the latest version of Sports Monday. The quest for the Regent?s Insurance Cup titled boiled down to a decisive Game III that brought Sagitun of Independence and Juventus of Orange Walk to the MCC Grounds yesterday. Also in town was Otto Mejia flown in from […]
With only five members, we did expect the Belize delegation at the Athens Olympics to get much screen time…And, sure enough, the T.V. glory lasted for all of about six seconds. Just for the record, the faces you see on the instant slow motion replay belong to athletes Michael Aguilar and Emma Wade, along with […]
With a team consisting of three officials and only two athletes, and our beloved Marion Jones running under a cloud of doping allegations and qualifying only in the long jump, this does not figure to be a banner year for Belize in the Olympics. But the spectacle of athletic achievement that takes place every four […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we are inside your living rooms with this fresh package of Sports Monday. After last week?s 2-zip lost to Juventus at Independence, Sagitun journeyed to the People?s Stadium in Orange Walk yesterday, knowing full well only a win could extend the Regent?s Cup Championship Series to a decisive GameIII. […]
Belizean canoeists continue to make waves in international waters, as latest reports are that the nation?s top paddlers have received awarded at several events in the United States. According to the Belize Canoe Association, Armin Lopez, Alex Lisbey and Daniel Cruz, all winners in the annual La Ruta Maya River Challenge, attended the Texas State […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re back with this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. The Regent?s Insurance Cup Championship Series took off Saturday Night inside the Michael Ashcroft Stadium, as Sagitun hosted Juventus of Orange Walk. On hand, to kick off the three game title series is none other than the Prime Minister of […]
When we last touched base with the Belizean canoe team in Texas they were waiting for record floodwaters to recede before embarking on one of the toughest races in the world: two hundred and sixty miles, a day and a half of non-stop paddling in the Texas water Safari. As it turns out, those miles […]
The Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association today announced the delegation that will represent the jewel at the summer Olympics in Athens. Our hopes of winning will ride on the shoulders of a grand total of two athletes. Emma Wade will compete in the two hundred metres, while Michael Aguilar will run in the four […]
The sport has made a recent resurgence based on some unexpected international success. With the next test for women’s softball taking the form of the region?s juvenile championships, News 5’s Patrick Jones shot and wrote the following scouting report. Patrick Jones, Reporting The distinctive sound of bat and ball making contact at Rogers Stadium on […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re rolling out another in the series we call Sports Monday. With Juventus and Sagitun already bound for the three game Regents Cup Championship series–there was little strings remaining as the playoffs round reached its natural culmination over the weekend. Saturday night we caught up with the Builders Hardware […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re rolling out another blast of Sports Monday. Builders Hardware Bandits of Belmopan faced its moment of truth Saturday night when they hosted Sagitun of Independence in Week 5 of the Regents Cup Playoffs. Only a win could keep Belmopan?s hopes at reaching the Championship round […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?ve logged on to this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Sagitun of Independence and Juventus of Orange Walk clashed at the People?s Stadium yesterday in what can be viewed as a preview of the Championship series inside the Regent Cups Insurance Cup tournament. It?s all smiles […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?re plugged into this production of Sports Monday. The quest for the one CONCACAF berth available saw the two-game series between the B.P.F.L.?s Kulture Yabra and the F.F.B.?s Boca Jr.?s conclude inside the Norman Broaster Stadium at Cayo yesterday at San Ignacio. Yabra comes in with […]
