With fewer than 600,000 inhabitants, Cape Verde is the third smallest country by population to ever reach the world’s biggest sporting event.
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Fans hope the tournament will bring attention to soccer’s importance to their community.
West Ham United co-chairman David Sullivan resigned from his position with immediate effect on Saturday after becoming aware of what he called “factually incorrect and entirely false, decades-old allegations” about to be published.
Konsta Helenius struck the only goal of the game in sudden-death overtime as Finland beat Switzerland 1-0 to win the gold-medal game at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on Sunday, breaking the hearts of the hosts as they lost their third final in three years.
Arsenal fans from far and wide lined the streets of north London chanting and lighting red flares as they celebrated their club’s first Premier League title in 22 years.
Manchester City secured the trophy for the first time since 2020 and completing a domestic double in the process.
More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris following Paris Saint-Germain’s second consecutive Champions League win, the interior ministry said on Sunday, reviving France’s heated debate about street violence.
Paris St Germain retained their Champions League title with a penalty shoot-out victory over Arsenal after a 1-1 draw in a cagey final in the Puskas Arena on Saturday.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the United States did not want to host the team.