This is the story of an island of 156,000 inhabitants, the smallest country ever to play in a World Cup, that has found in soccer one more reason for joy ...

For the first time in history Cape Verde, the tiny volcanic archipelago of just 525,000 people, one of the smallest countries in the world, has qualified for the competition.

There won’t be millions of people from Curaçao cheering on their national team in the World Cup, because Curaçao doesn’t have ...