Luis Fernando Suarez has named his 23-man Honduras squad for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil later this year.
The Central American nation, ranked 32nd in the world, will be competing at their second consecutive finals and Suarez s squad includes several players who featured in South Africa.
Among those are Premier League duo Maynor Figueroa, of Hull City, and Stoke City s Wilson Palacios, both of whom played in all three group-stage matches in 2010, with Honduras picking up just one point.
Luis Lopez of Real Espana is one of the notable inclusions, securing a goalkeeping spot alongside Noel Valladares and Donis Escober of Olimpia.
Suarez believes that 20-year-old Lopez has enormous potential and will likely take over from Valladares as number one in the future.
Southampton have released three players, including Guly do Prado, and offered new deals to a quintet of youngsters.
The Premier League club confirmed on Saturday that midfielder Guly will depart St Mary s Stadium along with Lee Barnard and Jonathan Forte as the trio are out of contract and have not been offered fresh terms.
Brazil-born Guly made over 100 appearances for Southampton after joining from Cesena in 2010, initially on loan before his move became permanent. The 32-year-old played an integral part in the club s rise from League One to the top flight and weighed in with 23 goals.
Southampton Football Club would like to thank those players leaving for their efforts whilst representing the cub, and wishes them all the very best for the future, read a club stateme…
Thierry Henry has been suspended by Monaco, the Ligue 1 club have announced.
The former Arsenal and France forward has struggled to turn around Monaco s flagging fortunes since being appointed as Leonardo Jardim s replacement in October.
Henry held a remarkable news conference on Thursday in which he confirmed he has dismissed a number of players from training with Monaco s first team.
You have to see. There were not too many people in training yesterday. We ll see today, Henry said ahead of a game against Dijon. It s important to see the reaction at Dijon. We are in a critical situation – unfortunately, that has not changed.
We tightened up the group. At some point, you need guys who want to save the club, who don t think about themselves. We re sort…
Lyon have completed their move to sign Netherlands defender Kenny Tete from Ajax.
Tete is set to be presented as a Lyon player later on Monday, with the transfer fee reported to be in the region of €3million.
The 21-year-old is a product of Ajax s youth academy, joining the Amsterdam club in 2005 and progressing to the first team in 2015.
He made his international debut later that year and has been capped six times by his country.
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Tete amassed 55 appearances for Ajax and featured in both legs as they defeated Lyon in the semi-finals of the Europa League last season.
Bertrand Traore, who spent 2016-17 on loan at Ajax from Chelsea, signed for Lyon last month on a fiv…
Gary Neville has warned Manchester United they need a new centre-back more than they need Jadon Sancho after a horror show in their opening Premier League game.
The former United captain said the current side stand no chance of winning the Premier League with Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof at the heart of their defence.
His brutal verdict was delivered as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s team were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday.
After finishing third in the Premier League last season following a 14-match unbeaten run in the competition, United began 2020-21 with high hopes of another lofty finish.
They want to bring Borussia Dortmund s exciting England winger Sancho to the club, but Neville says their priority should lie elsewhere.
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Atletico Madrid striker Alvaro Morata is relishing a bruising duel with his former Juventus team-mate Leonardo Bonucci when the two sides face each other in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Juve travel to the Wanda Metropolitano for the first leg of their last-16 tie knowing they have been given one of the toughest draws available.
A familiar face in Morata is expected to lead the line for Atletico, with the Spain international previously playing two years in Turin before returning to Real Madrid in 2016.
Centre-back Bonucci jokingly said in an interview on Tuesday that he was going to give his friend Morata a good beating on the pitch.
Morata expects such treatment but claims it will only fire him up even more.
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In a showdown between two French giants on Sunday night, Lyon will welcome a high-flying Lille to the Groupama Stadium.
Starting with the hosts, managing to make a much-needed return to winning ways last week, there is no doubt that Lyon will be looking to build off of that success on the road. Eventually leaving Montpellier with a hard-fought 2-1 victory, Les Gones are trying to find their feet under new boss Laurent Blanc. However, with many across France believing that the Whites are in an uphill battle to claim a European return this season, the one-time Manchester United defender has seen his side gain a reputation for their continued inconsistencies. On a run that is highlighted by a 3-2 victory away at Rennes on O…
Joaquin Correa felt his persistence paid off after scoring both goals in Inter s 2-0 win over Udinese.
Despite controlling possession in the Serie A clash, Simone Inzaghi s third-placed side had to be patient for the breakthrough at San Siro on Sunday.
It finally arrived on the hour mark courtesy of Correa s marvellous strike and the Argentina international doubled the lead with a clinical finish just eight minutes later.
On just his third start for the club and first at San Siro the Lazio loanee took his tally to four for the season since arriving from the Biancocelesti.
And the forward believes he and his team-mates reaped the rewards for their patience.
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The agent of Barcelona keeper Jose Manuel Pinto has revealed that his client would like to test his skills in English Premier League.
The 35-year-old arrived to Camp Nou as a back-up for Victor Valdes in 2008 and has since mostly been restricted to Copa del Rey appearances.
The player has one year left on his deal with the Catalans, but aims to play on for few more years.
“The first option, of course, as we always say, is to stay at Barca,” player’s agent Juan Maraver told COM Radio.
“From there, if this were not the case, he’ll give his maximum until June 2012.
”His preferred destination would be the Premier League.”
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LDU Quito reached to quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana after a nail-biting second leg of their Round of 16 tie with Independiente.
Winners of the tournament in 2009, LDU Quito fell 1-0 to their Argentina Primera Division opponents on Wednesday but scraped through courtesy of a 2-0 win in the first leg in Ecuador on September 28.
LDU Quito had to hang on for dear life to claim the aggregate win, with Independiente pushing hard for a tie-equalling goal as time ran out at Estadio Libertadores de America.
Themselves former winners of the Sudamericana, in 2010, Independiente had claimed their way back into the tie moments before half-time when Leonel Nunez s strike was deflected past Alexander Dominguez in LDU Quito s goal.
But it was Dominguez who was …