Dominican Republic Bans Haiti From Its Stadiums After Nations League Clash
- On Friday, the Dominican Republic banned Haiti's national soccer team from playing at its sports venues following crowd trouble at a Concacaf Nations League match at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo.
- Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz announced the ban after fans forced entrances and damaged a gate on Thursday night, citing a zero-tolerance policy on indiscipline.
- Dominican Football Federation president Jose Deschamps called player Wilson Isidor's remark that "Hispaniola is Haiti" "a lack of respect for national sovereignty" and pledged to file complaints with FIFA and Concacaf.
- Haiti's embassy in Santo Domingo stated the remarks did not reflect government policy, while Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader backed the ban, asserting the minister's position aligns with the government.
- Haiti plays Costa Rica in San Jose on Sunday amid tense diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic, where the government has stepped up deportations of undocumented Haitians since 2024.
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Riots within the framework of the Derby between the Dominican Republic and Haiti have consequences: Haitians are banned from entering the country.
On Friday, the Dominican Republic banned Haiti's football selection, a country with which it shares the island of Hispaniola and maintains tense relations, from playing in its territory. The previous day, an incident had taken place before a match between the two neighbours.
During the neighborhood duel in the Dominican Republic, Haitian football fans are trying to get into the stadium forcibly, with drastic consequences for their team.
The Dominican Ministry of Sports banned, on Friday, the Haitian football selection from playing in its territory, after incidents on Thursday, on the margins of the game won by the Grenadiers, some of whose players had polemic celebrations.
Haiti's football fans try to get into the sold-out stadium in the international game "Derby", a player of the team provokes to goals. The government of the Dominican Republic reacts harshly.
Haiti's national football team banned from Dominican Republic after stadium riots in Santo Domingo
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