Jay Croucher analyzes how Cape Verde will need to play against an "overrated" Argentina in their Round of 32 matchup.

The curfew in Brockton, Mass., a city with a large Cape Verdean community, takes effect after Friday’s match against Argentina. Celebrations of the team’s opening games turned chaotic.

The prospect of facing World Cup record goalscorer Lionel Messi in a knockout game would strike fear into most defenders, but not Roberto Lopes, according to the Cape Verde defender's mother.

Paraguay's win over Germany in the round of 32 is the latest World Cup shock in a long line of them, including famous upsets like Ireland over Italy in 1994 and Norway over Brazil in 1998. What's it feel like to beat a giant?

Ryan Mendes, the captain for Cape Verde’s national soccer team, is under investigation by police in New Zealand over allegations he raped a woman in March. Mendes, Cape Verde’s all-time leading scorer,

Reaction from day 17 at the World Cup as we built up to the final group games and covered news from France, Iran, Spain and beyond