Lamine Yamal is expected to be fit for Spain's opening FIFA World Cup 2026 match against Cape Verde on June 15 in Atlanta, said head coach Luis de la Fuente.

Cape Verde will make its World Cup debut at the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada. In the third instalment of a four-part series, RFI looks at the journey of the second smallest nation after Curaçao to qualify for the competition in its 96-year history.

Cape Verde's national football team made a festive arrival in the US ahead of taking part in their first-ever FIFA World Cup.

Cape Verde, the Blue Sharks, are one of four nations making their FIFA World Cup debut this summer in North America.

Cape Verde qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup by finishing at the top of Group D in CAF qualifying, finishing four points ahead of Cameroon. In ten matches, the team won seven with two draws, and recorded a goal difference of +8.

Cape Verde has officially set its roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here is the entire 26-man squad for the Cape Verde national team.

The 18-year-old has been ruled out of Thursday night’s warm-up clash with Iraq in La Coruna.

By Mark Gleeson June 2 (Reuters) - Cape Verde are the only African newcomers in this year's World Cup and with a population of around 600,000 are the third smallest nation to qualify in the tournament’s long history.

Follow the play-by-play updates from the CPV vs SRB friendly match at Estadio do Restelo, as it happened on May 31, 2026

Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation, which hosted two international music festivals in April and has been named the African Capital of Culture for 2028.

Fans of Cape Verde’s soccer team showed up at Boston’s Logan airport to welcome the Blue Sharks to the United States Tuesday, ahead of the World Cup. The team isn’t even playing in Boston, but the city and surrounding area has a large Cape Verdean population,