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WC 2026 ⚽ · 11 June 2026
The team had to alter their strip just four days before their first World Cup match in over 50 years. Fifa, football's world governing body, made them remove a design showing the 1803 Battle of Vertieres from their shirts. The manufacturer, Saeta, said the image was a tribute, but Fifa saw it as a political message.
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