Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It has at times been referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became modern-day Belize. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Amado Guevara is a Honduran retired football player and manager who currently works as manager of Puerto Rico national team.
Milton Alexánder Reyes Galeas is a retired Honduran football player, who played for primarily F.C. Motagua.
Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League. He is the club captain and also serves as an assistant coach.
The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol, more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its member associations are part of CONCACAF.
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras, commonly known as Liga Nacional is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening (autumn) and Closing (spring). One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso. The first 4 clubs participate in play-offs to decide the champion. The winners of the Opening and Closing competitions participate in the CONCACAF Champions League.
The Honduran Supercup is a Honduran football competition held yearly as a preseason match between the reigning champions of the Liga Nacional and the Honduran Cup. The competition started unofficially in 1997, but it was discontinued after just two seasons. In 2015, it was intended to be reactivated, however the match between F.C. Motagua and Club Deportivo Olimpia was scheduled but not played. One year later, a new Supercup edition was finally reestablished after 17 years of dormancy. The Honduran football authorities however, do not consider the competition official until 2017.
Milton Omar Núñez García is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a striker.
Wilmer Raynel Neal Velásquez is a retired Honduran footballer.
Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla is a Honduran former football goalkeeper, who last played for Liga Nacional team Olimpia.
Association football in Honduras is a national sport. It is the most popular sport among Hondurans, becoming popular in the 20th century.
Miss Universe 1999, the 48th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. Kwelagobe became the first Miss Universe to come from a debuting nation since 1958. Eighty-four contestants competed in this year.
General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 30 November 1997. They were also the first elections in which the left wing Democratic Unification Party was allowed to stand.
Ninrol Edgardo Medina Torres is a Honduran retired football defender.
Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football manager, currently in charge of Millonarios.
Palestino Fútbol Club was a Honduran football club based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Marcelo Ferreira Martins is a Brazilian and naturalized Honduran former football player.
Diego Vásquez is a retired football player who currently serves as coach for F.C. Motagua in the Honduran Liga Nacional.
The CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification is an association football competition to determine the final entry into the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The competition is played over two legs and features the 5th place teams from the Copa Centroamericana and the Caribbean Cup.
