Star skier leaves the national team
May 15, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Petter Northug, one of Norway’s most medal-winning cross-country skiers ever, has defied the advice of several fellow skiers and top Norwegian skiing officials and decided to drop out of...
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Conflicts chill ice hockey action
May 14, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Some of Norway’s top ice hockey players found themselves out in the cold this week because of conflicts on and off the ice. Mats Zuccarello Aasen, currently playing in the prestigious Stanley...
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‘Door open’ for Riise’s return
May 7, 2013 ·
John Arne Riise surprised his fans, teammates and Norwegian football officials when he announced on Monday that he would no longer be a candidate to play on Norway’s national football team (landslaget). Coach...
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12,000 skied last race of the season
April 22, 2013 ·
Some faced challenges getting to the starting line on time, because of more technical trouble at state railway NSB, but around 12,000 skiers took part over the weekend in the last major race of the season,...
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Carlsen ‘surprised’ by his influence
April 19, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, who ranks as the best chess player in the world, said he was “surprised” but “quite proud” that he’d landed on an annual list of the...
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Stavanger Oilers won Norwegian hockey championship
April 15, 2013 ·
Hockey fans in Stavanger were celebrating yet again this week after their hometown team beat Vålerenga of Oslo 4-3 over the weekend, in “sudden death” action on Sunday. Snorre Hallem was the...
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Boxer seeks tougher competition
April 15, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Cecilia Brækhus, the Norwegian boxer who’s reached the top of her sport despite it being illegal in Norway, was looking for tougher competition after she crushed her latest opponent Mia...
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Special ‘after-ski’ for Northug
April 12, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Norwegian cross-country champion Petter Northug ended this year’s professional skiing season in grand style by winning the overall World Cup but now will be forced to take at least some...
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Norway says goodbye to Hjallis
April 4, 2013 ·
It’s not often that an athlete receives a state funeral, but Hjalmar “Hjallis” Andersen wasn’t just any athlete in Norway. King Harald, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and hundreds...
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Brazilian police probe death of former Norwegian handball official
April 4, 2013 ·
Police in Brazil confirmed this week that they have opened an investigation into the death of a former Norwegian handball official at his holiday home on Brazil’s east coast last month. An autopsy...
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Norway loses the legendary ‘Hjallis’
March 27, 2013 ·
Norwegian sports fans were mourning the death on Wednesday of legendary speed skater Hjalmar “Hjallis” Andersen, who won three gold medals during the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. Prime...
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Olympic boosters downplay deficit
March 26, 2013 ·
The Oslo politicians and sports officials keen to mount a bid for the Winter Olympics in 2022 were fending off a new wave of opposition this week. Critics claim the Olympics will leave Oslo with a huge...
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Ice-cold Albanians stun ‘Drillos’
March 22, 2013 ·
Underdogs Albania inflicted a humiliating 1-0 loss on the Norwegian national football team (landslaget) on ice cold home turf in Oslo on Friday night – described as “one of the most bitter...
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Amateur beats skiing stars
March 19, 2013 ·
A 24-year-old skier who hadn’t competed in a race since 2011 set a new world sprint record and crushed some of Norway’s fastest skiers including Petter Northug at a sprint show in Oslo Monday...
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Sled dog racer conquers Finnmark
March 18, 2013 ·
Thomas Wærner, a 40-year-old musher from the mountains of Synnfjell in Oppland County, relished weekend celebrations after he logged what commentators called a decisive victory in this year’s 1,000-kilometer...
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