Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

Honduras is close to reaching an agreement to play Ghana in an international friendly on March 3, 2010 in South Africa.

The match is expected to open the newly-built Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, which has a 46,000 seat capacity, and will be the same venue for Honduras’ Group H opener against Chile on June 16, 2010.

Coach Reinaldo Rueda says next month’s friendly will help the players acclimatize to conditions before the World Cup tournament kick-starts. He plans to field a strong squad that will be led by striker David Suazo, Wilson Palacios, Maynor Figueroa, and Hendry Thomas.

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Honduras will play its first World Cup friendly soccer match of 2010 against the United States on Jan. 23rd at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, USA.

“Obviously we know the quality of the Honduran team very well and we think the match is a great way to start the year as we commence preparations for the World Cup,” U.S. Coach Bob Bradley said in a statement. “With both teams working toward finalizing their rosters for South Africa, we expect it will be a very competitive game.”

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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has his fingers crossed regarding the fitness of Wilson Palacios after the midfielder was taken to the hospital today.

The Honduras international was on the end of a thumping body check from Tony Hibbert, which earned a stoppage-time penalty.

After a lengthy break in play, Palacios was stretchered off with an apparent head injury and Redknapp hopes that one of the key members of his midfield has not sustained a serious problem.

The Spurs said, “They have taken him to hospital and he is in a lot of pain. He is a tough lad so it can’t be very good for him to be struggling like he is. Hopefully he will be okay.”

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FENAFUTH President, Rafael Callejas, said the launch of the stamps is to celebrate the World Cup qualifying of the Seleccion.

Thursday five stamps were launched with images of the Seleccion team who qualified for the 2010 World Cup.

The stamps were presented at the Government House during a ceremony attended by President Roberto Micheletti, federal functionaries, and Seleccion members, Amado Guevara, Bonieck Garcia and Emilio Izaguirre, along with officials of the Honduran Postal Enterprise (Empresa Hondurena de Correos – Honducor).

The team and the official mascot are some of the printed images featured on the stamps. The cost ranges between 5 and 25 Lempiras, and will be offered for public sale, Honducor said.

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