An island nation of just over half a million inhabitants, Cape Verde pulled off the unthinkable by reaching the last 32.

The greatest upset never happened. The biggest illusion in football still collapsed.

Soccernews is reporting that NEC Nijmegen are in negotiations with Cape Verde international Jamiro Monteiro. The 32-year-old left PEC Zwolle a few weeks ago after his contract expired and has been ...

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Tuesday dismissed online claims that it had turned down an invitation from the Cape ...

Spanish biologist Jesus Ortea has named a newly discovered sea snail species Aldisa vozinha after Cape Verde goalkeeper ...

The sight of a tiny nation from an underrepresented corner of the world stepping up and shining in the spotlight is something ...

When Cape Verde’s Vozinha woke up on Monday morning, 50,000 people followed him on Instagram. A few days after the 40-year-old goalkeeper made seven saves and led Cape Verde to a 0-0 draw with Spain, ...

Cape Verde’s 0-0 draw against European champion Spain was a historic World Cup result, one of the greatest shocks in World Cup history. The underdog African nation had never stepped onto the World Cup ...

The island nation, which became the second-smallest country ever to qualify for a World Cup, reached the tournament only months after marking 50 years of independence from Portugal. Their qualificatio ...

For decades, the west African island nation of Cape Verde was perhaps best known for the music of late singer Cesária Évora.

By any measure, Cape Verde should have next ​to no chance of knocking Argentina and Lionel Messi out of the World Cup on ...

Cape Verde players produced one of the great World Cup storylines with their performances. Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP via Getty Images Cape Verde returned home as heroes on Sunday after a World Cup ...