In Cape Verde, a small island nation off West Africa, World Cup qualification is transforming dreams on and off the pitch.

Every soccer fan dreams of seeing their nation in a World Cup, but for many of FIFA's 211 member associations, that ambition remains just that: a dream. However, the expansion of soccer's showpiece ...

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 ...