The problem for Malaysia is that the Football Association of Malaysia can only do so much to patch the cracks, the writer observes.

Mexico hosts the tournament opener at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on June 11 against South Africa in Group A, a rematch of ...

The expanded 48-team World Cup has given some of world soccer's minnows the chance to join the sport's biggest party.

The Cape Verde World Cup 2026 squad have made history as the nation's first ever to qualify for the tournament ...

An international team has published the first comprehensive study on the seamounts of the Cape Verde archipelago, their biodiversity, ecological functionality and socio-economic relevance in the ...

With soaring volcanic peaks, turquoise seas, and magical cloud villages, there’s nowhere on Earth quite like Cape Verde. This West African archipelago, adrift off the coast of Senegal, has a wealth of ...

A super-sized World Cup has paved the way for tiny Curaçao and Cape Verde to book their places at sport’s biggest global event next year. Just as FIFA president Gianni Infantino predicted. It was back ...

How on-pitch talent and behind-the-scenes support helped Cape Verde become the second smallest nation to reach the World Cup The scenes at the Estadio Nacional were jubilant last month. More than ...

If good things come in small packages, then Cabo Verde’s recent FIFA World Cup soccer qualification has been a pint-sized gift the world can’t stop talking about. The Rhode Island-size country’s first ...

In a historic moment for global football, Cape Verde, a tiny archipelago off the coast of West Africa, secured qualification for the FIFA World Cup on Monday, October 13. Less than a day later, India ...

Cape Verde, a tiny island nation off the coast of Senegal, qualified for the FIFA World Cup on Tuesday, making it the second-smallest nation to do so. After defeating Eswatini, a neighbouring island ...

While India, a nation of more than a billion, is yet to feature in the FIFA World Cup, Cape Verde – an island nation with a population slightly above half-a-million – makes its debut next year. Image: ...