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The Dominican Republic has banned Haiti's national football team from playing at its stadiums following crowd trouble before a recent match between the two countries. Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz announced the ban after fans forced stadium entrances and damaged a gate during a CONCACAF Nations League game, which ended with Haiti winning 4-1. President Luis Abinader supported the ban, while Haiti’s embassy in Santo Domingo expressed disappointment at the decision, emphasizing mutual respect between nations despite sporting rivalries.

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In Santo Domingo on Thursday night, violent incidents erupted at the entrance of the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium during a football match between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Fans from both sides clashed, leading to gate damage and security issues that were captured on social media. In response, Dominican Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz announced a ban prohibiting Haiti’s national football team from playing in stadiums within the country. President Luis Abinader endorsed this decision, citing indiscipline as unacceptable behavior towards sports facilities funded by millions of pesos.

Following Haiti's victory with a score of 4-1, Haitian star player Wilson Isidor made controversial remarks declaring Hispaniola — the shared Caribbean island — to be solely Haitian. This statement exacerbated existing tensions between the two nations, prompting Cruz to declare that Dominican authorities would not allow future matches involving Haiti’s team within its borders due to crowd disturbances.

While Haiti’s embassy in Santo Domingo expressed gratitude for hosting the event and emphasized mutual respect between states, they distanced themselves from Isidor's comments as not reflecting official government stance. Meanwhile, CONCACAF received a formal complaint from the Dominican Soccer Federation regarding these incidents.

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Haiti’s embassy in Santo Domingo said the remarks, made “in the heat of competition and the intensity characteristic of sporting events”, did not reflect the position of the Haitian government and thanked Dominican authorities for the event.

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Dominican Republic bans Haiti from its stadiums after football fans clash · assertive framing

The Dominican Republic has banned Haiti’s national football team from playing at its sports venues after crowd trouble at a CONCACAF Nations League match between the two island neighbours. asserted

Republic → ban → neighbours

Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz announced the ban after incidents before the match on Thursday night at the entrances to the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo. asserted

Cruz → announce → Domingo

Video posted on social media showed groups of fans forcing some entrances, with one gate damaged. asserted

gate → post → entrances

“What we saw yesterday with a gate at the Felix Sanchez, a sports facility that has cost millions and millions of pesos to make it shine, is unacceptable,” Cruz said, citing a zero-tolerance policy on indiscipline. asserted

Cruz → see → indiscipline

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader backed the decision, saying: “The position of the Sports Minister is the position of the Government.” asserted

position → back → Government

remarks → say → event

“Sporting rivalries must not call into question relations of good neighborliness and mutual respect that must prevail between the two states,” the embassy said in a statement. asserted

embassy → call → statement

In a post on X after the match, the federation called it a “beautiful night for Haiti, beautiful night for the island we share”, adding: “On the field, competition; off the field, respect for the neighbor.” asserted

we → call → neighbor

Haiti won the match 4-1, with Sunderland striker Wilson Isidor scoring twice. asserted

Isidor → win → ?

The win gave Haiti nine points in Group A, while the Dominican Republic remained on six points. asserted

Republic → give → points

Haiti play Costa Rica in San Jose on Sunday. asserted

Haiti → play → Sunday

Isidor was filmed saying: “Hispaniola is Haiti.” asserted

Hispaniola → film → ?

Hispaniola is the Caribbean island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which have long clashed over migration and border security. asserted

which → share → migration

Dominican Football Federation president Jose Deschamps called Isidor’s remark “a lack of respect for national sovereignty” and said the federation would file a complaint with FIFA and CONCACAF. asserted

federation → call → FIFA

Abinader’s government has stepped up deportations of undocumented Haitians since October 2024, when it pledged to deport up to 10,000 people a week. asserted

it → step → people

Sport has been drawn into the neighbours’ disputes before. asserted

Sport → draw → disputes

In 2023, after Abinader shut the border in a dispute over a Haitian canal on the shared Massacre River, Haiti’s sports ministry ordered its football federation to stop staging national team matches in the Dominican Republic. asserted

ministry → shut → Republic

Dominican Republic bans Haiti from its stadiums after football fans clash

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