{"id":44114,"date":"2026-06-27T06:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/world-cup-2026-cape-verde-looks-to-capitalise-on-world-cup-heroics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T06:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:49:33","slug":"world-cup-2026-cape-verde-looks-to-capitalise-on-world-cup-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/world-cup-2026-cape-verde-looks-to-capitalise-on-world-cup-heroics\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Cape Verde looks to capitalise on World Cup heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Although many consider them underdogs, Cape Verde&#8217;s performances at the 2026 Fifa World Cup have drawn global interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Africa travelled to the Atlantic Ocean archipelago to find out how local footballing talent is being shaped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Silveria Nedio coached current Blue Sharks players at the Bola Pra Frente Academy in the capital Praia, while Cape Verde football federation president Mario Semedo says the prize money obtained from playing at the finals will be used to develop the domestic game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Reporter: <\/b>Paul Njie<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Filmed and edited by:<\/b> Michel Mvondo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/videos\/cx24lrdj0pko?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although many consider them underdogs, Cape Verde&#8217;s performances at the 2026 Fifa World Cup have drawn global interest. BBC Africa travelled to the Atlantic Ocean archipelago to find out how local footballing talent is being shaped. Silveria Nedio coached current Blue Sharks players at the Bola Pra Frente Academy in the capital Praia, while Cape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44116,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44114\/revisions\/44116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}