On a September night in 2025, a chain of ten volcanic islands scattered off the west coast of Africa, home to barely half a million people, did something that should not be mathematically possible.

I think it's important to start by emphasising that Cape Verde are a good side. As my Terrace and Herald colleague Gabriel McKay pointed out on Twitter after they pushed Argentina to the limit, they ...

Cape Verde have made history as the smallest nation ever to reach the knockout stage of a men’s World Cup and will face ...