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Cape Verde's dream journey at their first World Cup is not over yet.
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Coach Bubista hails Cape Verde's fearless dreamers after World Cup leap
June 26 : Cape Verde coach Bubista walked into his press conference draped in his country's flag, a man of few words tasked with explaining how one of football's smallest nations had barged into the World Cup knockout rounds at the first attempt.
Arab teams at World Cup 2026: Saudi Arabia and Iraq knocked out after last game in the group stage
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia exited the World Cup at the group stage for the third tournament in a row, after a goalless draw with Cabo Verde at Houston Stadium on Friday. Cape Verde (0-0-3, 3 points) are now the smallest nation ever to reach the second phase, finishing second in the group above Saudi Arabia (0-1-2, 2 points) and Uruguay (0-1-2, 2 points), who lost 1-0 in Friday night’s other group game to Spain (2-0-1, 7 points). Saudi Arabia failed to advance for a sixth consecutive World Cup appearance after reaching the last 16 in their maiden tournament in 1994. Before Friday, Ghana and Ukraine were the last tournament debutants to progress from their group in 2006. Nuno da Costa ran onto a throughball over the top from in his own half, drove at two Saudi defenders, then laid the ball to his right into the path of Laros Duarte’s surging run. Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais charged off his line and kept Duarte’s first-time effort out just barely with his trailing leg. Cape Verde continued to threaten through da Costa in particular.
Piala Dunia 2026: 26 Tim Sudah Lolos ke 32 Besar, 11 Negara Tersingkir
Peta persaingan untuk babak 32 besar Piala Dunia 2026 semakin jelas. Hingga berakhirnya rangkaian pertandingan fase grup pada hari Sabtu (27/6/2026) pagi WIB, sebanyak 26 negara telah memastikan lolos ke fase gugur.
Uruguay's World Cup ends in failure, friction and no wins
June 26 : Uruguay's World Cup ended on Friday as Marcelo Bielsa's side crashed out without a win, becoming the only CONMEBOL team not to reach the knockout rounds in a tournament format built to give heavyweights little excuse for failing to advance.
'Anything is possible': Cape Verde's fairytale run continues at expanded World Cup
HOUSTON, June 26 : The sight of Cape Verde’s players huddled around a single mobile phone as they watched the final seconds of Spain’s win over Uruguay before bursting into celebration was the kind of moment FIFA had hoped for in their push for an expanded World Cup.
England, Portugal and Egypt among five teams to seal World Cup knockout spots
June 26 : England, Portugal, Egypt, Ghana and Paraguay secured places in the World Cup Round of 32 on Friday before their final group matches after results elsewhere confirmed four points would be enough to progress.
Saudi Arabia's failure to create chances sealed fate, coach says
HOUSTON, June 26 : Saudi Arabia's inability to hold the ball and create attacking chances doomed the team in a goalless draw with Cape Verde at Houston Stadium on Friday in their final World Cup Group H match, coach Georgios Donis said.