5 teams that were disqualified from international tournaments - will Russia follow suit?

Cape Verde – World Cup 2014

Cape Verde’s celebrations were cut short

The FIFA World Cup has witnessed the football cultures of different nations, small and big. There's Russia and then there's Jamaica. But Cape Verde were on course for something special. They could have been the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup but playing someone who hadn't completed a suspension is worthy of an elimination from any competition.

They won by two goals to nil against Tunisia but defender Fernando Varela was ineligible by rules. It's another story that never ceases to surprise, a similar one to that of Syria.

Maybe it gets a bit less surprising when you hear their manager Lúcio Antunes worked as an air traffic controller.