The countdown to the 2026 World Cup is on! Each day ahead of the tournament’s return to North America, Yahoo Sports will highlight an insight or moment that showcases just how grand the world’s biggest sporting spectacle has become — even beyond the expanded field of this year’s global event.
Cape Verde is about to make history. The tiny African archipelago, with 10 islands and fewer than 500,000 people, will be the second-smallest country at this summer’s expanded World Cup — behind only fellow debutante Curaçao.
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One of the great moments in the country’s run to the global tournament came late in
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