Marathon

Argentine midfielder Bruno Farioli, Marathón's key offensive player, suffered a right-knee injury during a preseason friendly against Génesis FC on July 18, raising alarm weeks before the Apertura 2026 season begins given his eight-month recovery from knee surgery just last year.

Honduran club Marathón signed Colombian midfielder Yairo Moreno, a Concacaf Champions Cup winner and Mexican League champion with León, as its sixth signing for the 2026 season and Copa Centroamericana.

Argentine coach Silvio Rudman, recently departed from Boca Juniors, has been named manager of Honduran first-division club Marathón in San Pedro Sula following the team's loss in the recent Clausura final.

The La Prensa-Gatorade Marathon, Honduras's premier annual running event, will draw thousands of domestic and international competitors to San Pedro Sula on June 14, with proceeds benefiting a school project.

Marathón goalkeeper César Samudio, playing for Panama's national team, is the sole player from Honduras's Liga Nacional at the 2026 World Cup, with Panama set to debut against Ghana on June 17.

Natanael Martínez, a 24-year-old midfielder from Olanchito who played in US amateur tournaments and the USL League One, has signed with Marathón for the upcoming Liga Nacional seasons.

Runners from San Pedro Sula and across Honduras completed the third and final official training session on June 8 ahead of the gold-edition La Prensa-Gatorade Marathon scheduled for June 14.

Concacaf has confirmed the group-stage match dates for Motagua, Olimpia, and Marathón in the 2026 Central America Cup, a four-month regional club tournament running July through December that feeds into the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup.

Honduras's flagship La Prensa-Gatorade half marathon, now in its 50th edition on June 14 in San Pedro Sula, has sold out all categories, drawing 22 nationalities and thousands of recreational and elite runners in what organizers describe as a milestone for the country's premier running event.