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World Cup 2026: Pivotal Game Ahead for Haiti and Costa Rica

For their second outing in the FIFA World Cup 2025 qualifiers, the Haitian national football team, already settled in San José, is preparing to face Costa Rica on the evening of Tuesday, September 9, starting at 10 p.m. (Port-au-Prince time).

Haitian National Team Gears Up in Curaçao to Take On Honduras

The core group of the Haitian national football team and the new faces have already arrived in Willemstad for the Grenadiers’ training camp as they prepare to face the Honduras national team this Friday, September 5, as part of the final phase of the FIFA World Cup 2025 qualifiers.

Wadeline Jonathas Wins Silver for Haiti After Olympic Gold with Team USA

Haitian sprinter Wadeline Jonathas won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the NACAC Regional Championship, held in the Bahamas.

Haiti’s Grenadières Secure a Promising Draw in Concacaf

The draw for the Concacaf Women’s Championship qualifiers took place on Wednesday, August 20, and Haiti, seeded at the top of Group D, will play four matches and face, among others, the Dominican Republic.

Ava Soon Lee Secures Gold for Haiti in Asunción

The Haitian Ava Soon Lee made her mark at the Pan American Junior Games in Asunción (ASU), Paraguay. In the +67 kg taekwondo category, she prevailed in the final against the Mexican Paloma Garcia to bring Haiti a medal. “I am delighted to win Haiti’s first gold medal; it means a lot to me,” said Ava Soon Lee after the final.

Young Grenadiers’ Training Plan Revealed for U17 World Cup

The Haitian under-17 national team is currently on a national tour before traveling to Jamaica at the end of August and to Spain in September to prepare for its participation in the final phase of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Qatar 2025.

A First for Haiti: Dumornay Among 2025 Ballon d’Or Nominees

Haitian international player for OL Lyon, Melchie Daëlle Dumornay (21), included in the list revealed this Thursday, August 7, of the 30 nominees for the 2025 Ballon d’Or — whose winner will be announced on September 22 — has just written a new page in the history book of Haitian football and made her entry into the big leagues.

AIC, Its Foundation, and COH Unite in Strategic Pact Until 2029

The Haitian Olympic Committee has extended its partnership with Alternative Insurance Company (AIC) for four additional years. They are joined by the AIC Foundation. Through this new collaboration, the parties commit to creating leadership programs that help young talents develop essential skills, organizing travel, subsidizing Olympic scholarship recipients, as well as the thirty-five federations affiliated with the Haitian Olympic Committee.

Football: Haiti Withdraws from Concacaf U14 Boys and U15 Girls Tournaments

Haiti’s national U-14 boys’ team and U-15 girls’ team will not participate in the upcoming Concacaf youth tournaments to be held in August in Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago. The Haitian Football Federation (FHF), in explaining the two withdrawals, issued a statement assuring that it will do everything necessary for Haiti to meet its future commitments.

FC Fleury Welcomes Lourdjina Étienne Alongside Batcheba Louis

Lurdjina Étienne, who made a stunning impression during the Concacaf U-17 tournament held in Toluca (Mexico) in February 2024, officially signed on Tuesday, July 15, with FC Fleury, a team in the Arkema Première Ligue, where her renowned elder, Batcheba Louis, has been playing for several years.

Football: Haiti Drops Significantly in the Latest FIFA Rankings

The catastrophic results of the Grenadiers in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2025 Gold Cup have had serious consequences on Haiti’s position (90th, down 7 places) in the FIFA World Ranking, published on July 10. In contrast, Argentina (1st), Spain (2nd), and France (3rd) remain in the top three.

Haitian Women’s Team Breaks into FIFA’s Top 50

FIFA published its women's world ranking on Thursday, June 12, 2025.