
Women’s Football/CAN Qualification: Cabo Verde national team finalizes preparations for game against Nigeria
Praia, Nov 29 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean women’s national football team is training today to adapt to the pitch at the Abuja Abiola Stadium

Football: Cabo Verde faces Angola today in a Portuguese-speaking duel in its debut in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup
Praia City, 16 Nov (Inforpress) Cabo Verde’s senior men’s team makes its debut in the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup today, at 6pm,

Qualification/World Cup’2026: Bubista promises “claw and boldness” to triumph against his counterpart from Angola.
City of Praia, 15 Nov (Inforpress) – The national coach today promised “grit and boldness” to beat the Angolan team on Thursday, 16th, in a

São Filipe: Municipal swimming pool inaugurated next Sunday to coincide with three years of the council’s mandate
São Filipe, Nov 15 (Inforpress) – São Filipe’s municipal swimming pool will be inaugurated next Sunday, 19 November, coinciding with the three-year term of office

São Vicente team wins “Triocean” race that marks the start of Cabo Verde Ocean Week
Mindelo, 12 Nov (Inforpress) – The team of athletes from São Vicente, which includes sprinter Artur Silva, won this Sunday the Triocean competition, a race

Coaches complete training of trainers in athletics for children
City of Praia, 08 Nov (Inforpress) – Eleven technicians concluded today the third day of the training of trainers provided by the International Athletics Federation,

São Vicente: Around 95 yachts of the ARC+ Regatta on the way to Mindelo
Mindelo, 07 Nov (Inforpress) – Next weekend, Mindelo Marina welcomes 95 ARC+ yachts in the 11th edition of this world regatta that connects the Canaries

“FIFA Football in Schools” program launched today in Cabo Verde to promote football practice
Praia, Nov 5 (Inforpress) – The “FIFA Football in Schools” The programme was launched on Sunday in Cabo Verde, worth 50,000 dollars, and will help

Africa Youth Cup: Objectives of promoting African football and giving opportunities to young people achieved – organization
Praia, 30 Oct (Inforpress) – The organization of the Africa Youth Cup gives a “positive” assessment of the second edition, for achieving the objectives of

Beach Volleyball: Cabo Verde will compete in the qualification in Dakar for the Paris’2024 Olympic Games
Praia, 20 Oct. (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international beach volleyball sisters, Janice and Ludmila Varela, are going to Dakar (Senegal) to compete in the African

Paralympic: Marilson Semedo breaks own national record in shot put
Praia, 17 Oct (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean Paralympic athlete Marilson Semedo, already qualified for the 2024 World Championships and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, broke

Cabo Verde faces Comoros today in Marseille (France)
Praia, Oct. 17 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean football team faces its counterpart from Comoros today in Marseille (France) in a friendly game, a match

Uni-CV promotes forum on the importance of Sports Medicine and sport
Praia City, Oct 13 (Inforpress) – The University of Cabo Verde (Uni-CV) is promoting a forum on the 17th and 18th on the importance of

Paralympic Sport: Around 100 athletes take part in the XI National Championships
Praia, Oct 10 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean Federation of Adapted Sports (FECADA) is expecting 100 athletes with disabilities from the country’s different sporting regions

Ruben Barros wins Paris International Open in jiu-jitsu
Praia, Oct. 9 (Inforpress) – Young Cape Verdean jiujiteiro Ruben Beijamin Barros won this weekend the Paris International Open in jiu-jitsu, an event held at

Lino Rodrigues is absolute champion in the Luxembourg Diamond Cup and wins the much-desired Pro Card
Praia, 09 Oct. (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean and world bodybuilding champion, Evelino Rodrigues, won, at the weekend, the three main titles in competition at the

Basketball: “I leave the pitch, but I don’t leave the game” says captain Fidel Mendonça (w/video)
City of Praia, 03 Oct (Inforpress) – The captain of the Cape Verdean basketball team, Fidel Mendonça, made his departure from the national team official

Portugal: Cape Verdean boxer David Pina is two-time champion of the 2023 Portuguese Cup
Lisbon, Oct 2nd (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international boxer David Pina, born in Santa Cruz, in the interior of the island of Santiago, became two-time

Athletics: Orlando Tavares and Jailson Oliveira make their debut in the 100-kilometer Ultramarathon in Portugal today
Praia, Sep 29 (Inforpress) – Emicela Team Cabo Verde athletes Orlando Tavares and Jailson Oliveira make their debut today in the 12th edition of the

Portugal: Júnior Fernandes is already in Italy to participate in the Rowing World Cup
Lisbon, 28 Sep (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean Júnior Fernandes is already in Italy to participate in the finals of the 2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint,

Women’s Football/CAN’2024: Cabo Verde faces Liberia this Tuesday with an advantage in the elimination round
Praia, Sep 25th (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean women’s football team faces Liberia’s counterpart this Tuesday, at 2:30 pm, at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports

CAN’2024: Cape Verde faces Liberia in the absolute debut of the “creoles” in a CAN competition
Praia, Sep 22 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean women’s national football team will play its first ever match for the biggest showcase in African football

Portugal: Júnior Fernandes prepares for the Rowing World Cup but financial difficulties persist
Lisbon, 21 Sep (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean Júnior Fernandes is preparing his participation in Portugal for the finals of the 2023 Beach Sprint World Rowing

Basketball: Edy Tavares, Ivan Almeida and Betinho Gomes win super cups in Spain and Portugal
Praia, 19 Sep (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international basketball players Edy Tavares, Ivan Almeida and Betinho Gomes, won the Spanish and Portuguese Super Cup last

COC mourns the death of Franklin Palma, its former general secretary and president
Praia City, 18 Sep (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean Olympic Committee today mourned the death of its former secretary general and president, Franklin Palma, which

Boxing/Paris’2024: Bruno Fernandes fails direct qualification and takes the bronze medal
Praia, 15 Sep (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean international boxer Bruno Fernandes failed, on Thursday night, to qualify directly for Paris’ 2024 after losing in

Boxing/Qualifying Paris’2024: Bruno Fernandes plays today to reach the 71kg final
Praia, 14 Sep (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international boxer living in France Bruno Fernandes plays today, in Dakar, Senegal, the semi-finals of the pre-Olympic African

Boxing/Qualifying Paris’2024: Four Cape Verdean boxers play for semi-final places today
Praia, Sep 13 (Inforpress) – The four Cape Verdean boxers who qualified for the quarter-finals of the qualification tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Boxing/Qualifying Paris’2024: Nancy Moreira wins and advances to the second round of the qualifying tournament
Praia, Sep 12 (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international boxer Ivanusa “Nancy” Moreira beat her opponent from Botswana, Kasemang Aratwa, in Dakar, Senegal, on Monday 11

Boxing/Qualifying Paris’2024: Carina Varela, Bruno Fernandes and Admilson Carvalho qualify to the second round
Praia, Sep 11 (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international boxers Carina Varela and Bruno Fernandes, both resident in France, and Admilson Carvalho, resident in the country,

President of IDJ says national meeting of sports and youth councillors was a “challenge won”
Praia, Sep 7 (Inforpress) – The president of the Sports and Youth Institute today considered the fifth national meeting of sports and youth councillors a

Football: Women’s team faces Liberia on 22 and 26 September in qualifying matches for CAN’2024
Praia, Sep 6 (Inforpress) – The Cabo Verde women’s national football team will face Liberia on 22 September at the National Stadium in Praia in

Football/CAN’2023: National team has first training session with 21 of the 24 football players called up
Praia, Sep 5 (Inforpress) – The national football team held its first training session on Monday 04 at the Estádio do Sindicato dos Jogadores in

Wrestling: Leigh Vaynes, ranked third in the world, aims to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Cabo Verde
Praia, 04 Sep (Inforpress) – The young American athlete Leigh Vaynes, daughter of Cape Verdean parents, seven times US champion and third in the world

FIBA World Cup: Cape Verde team faces hosts Japan on Saturday
Praia, Sep 1 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean basketball team faces this Saturday, the hosts of Japan, at the Okinawa Arena, in a match for

Basketball World Cup: Cabo Verde and Edy Tavares featured in Spanish newspaper Marca
Praia, Aug 24 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean national basketball team is featured in the sports newspaper Marca (Spain), in an article entitled “The miracle

Futsal/Santo Antão: Porto Novo team wins international tournament
Porto Novo, Aug 23 (Inforpress) – The Porto Novo team won on Tuesday night, the 22nd, the senior men’s international futsal tournament, which had been

Porto Novo/Andebol: Cape Verdean international handball players send donation to Madrugadores group
Porto Novo, Aug 22 (Inforpress) – The Madrugadores sports and recreation group in the municipality of Porto Novo, Santo Antão, received a donation of footwear

Portuguese coach António Santos wants to leave his “mark” in Cape Verdean handball
Praia, Aug 22 (Inforpress) – Portuguese coach António Santos intends to leave his “mark” in Cape Verdean handball and points to the improvement of infrastructure

Clube de Golfe e Ténis da Praia inaugurates two properly lit and equipped tennis courts
Praia, Aug 21 (Inforpress) – The Clube de Golfe e Ténis da Praia (The Golf and Tennis Club of Praia) opens today two duly illuminated

Cycling: Nélio Cruz and Rúben Lopes give “positive and high” assessment of Cape Verde at Glasgow World Cup
Praia, Aug 16 (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international cyclists, Nélio Cruz and Rúben Lopes make a “positive and high” assessment of the participation of the

Africa Youth Cup 2023: Nigeria’s Shield City FC team comes to Cabo Verde
City of Praia, Aug 15 (Inforpress) – The management of Nigeria’s Shield City FC, based in Kano State, has already confirmed its presence at the

Boxe: Sifonelo Lopes já se encontra a treinar nos Estados Unidos da América
Praia, Aug 11 (Inforpress) – Cape Verdean international boxer Sifonelo Lopes is already in the United States of America and starts training today, aiming at

Cycling World Cup: Cape Verde competes this afternoon in the Glasgow time trial
Praia, Aug 11 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean cyclists who are at the Glasgow World Cup in Scotland, William Gomes and Renato Soares, compete today

Football: Portuguese-Cape Verdean coach praises the quality of sports infrastructure in the country
Praia, Aug 8 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean coach Rui Costa, who is on holiday in Cabo Verde, today praised the quality of sports infrastructures

Basketball World Cup: National team travels to Italy next morning
Praia, Aug 2 (Inforpress) – The national basketball team, in senior men, travels at dawn on Thursday, 3rd, to Italy, where it will start the

Cycling: Cape Verde makes World Cup debut in Glasgow on Thursday
Praia, Aug 2 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean national cycling team, made up of six starters and one substitute, will make its debut on Thursday,

Boxing: Nancy Moreira goes to final of African Elite Boxing Championships in Cameroon
Praia, Aug 2 (Inforpress) -The Cape Verdean international boxer Ivanusa “Nancy” Moreira, Paris’2024 Olympic Solidarity Scholarship winner, will next Friday, 04, play for the title

World Cup’2023: Giant Edy Tavares will join the Cape Verde national team in the second phase of the internship
City of Praia, Aug 1st. (Inforpress) – The giant Cabo Verdean international basketball player Edy Walter Tavares, still recovering from an “exhausting” season at the

Football/Tournament São Lourenço Fogo: Ponta Verde – Monte Tabor and Santo António – Monte Vaca are semi-final games
São Filipe, Jul 31 (Inforpress) – The semi-finals of the 19th edition of the São Lourenço tournament will be played among the teams from Ponta