The people of San Marino were very grateful and honoured by such generosity, but refused with instinctive wisdom to enlarge their territory, satisfied as they were with their “status quo”.

Now, San Marino is a microstate in the mountains of northeastern Italy with just 33,000 people. Doesn't give them a lot of folks from whom to choose for a team.

For 38 years since the country’s first game in the mid-80s, people like Santini and Bastianelli have dreamed about seeing San Marino win a competitive game. Many will likely have accepted that ...

San Marino is a republic with a population of 35,000 people -- a third of which live outside of its borders. The tiny nation’s birth rate is about 1.2 children per woman.

For 38 years since the country’s first game in the mid-80s, people like Santini and Bastianelli have dreamed about seeing San Marino win a competitive game. Many will likely have accepted that ...

Now, San Marino is a microstate in the mountains of northeastern Italy with just 33,000 people. Doesn't give them a lot of folks from whom to choose for a team.