Sports

Association football is the most popular sport in Honduras. Honduras' football governing body is the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Ftbol de Honduras. Honduras has competed in the Summer Olympics eight times and in the Winter Olympics once, in 1992. Association football is the most popular sport among Hondurans; the country arrived in the early twentieth century, as did many others, until it was properly organized and the Honduras national football team was formed in the early 1960s. Honduras has participated in three World Cups: 1982 in Spain, 2010 in South Africa, and 2014 in Brazil.

Baseball is Honduras's second most popular sport. Honduras' first international competition was the Baseball World Cup, which at the time was the most prestigious global competition. The country lacks a baseball division, most likely due to the lack of international competition since 1973.

Chess has been played in Honduras since the colonial era; the first national league of chess was the "Liga Sanpedrana de Ajedrez" founded in 1973; the National Federation of Chess of Honduras was founded in 1993. Among the notable chess players in Honduras is Ricardo Urbina, the first national chess player to achieve the status of International Master in 2004. (IM). Tennis, baseball, swimming, and American football are also popular in Honduras.