Tag: football
Norwegians excel at more than skiing
Norway isn't only producing champion skiers any longer, despite its ongoing dominance on the trails and slopes. This past week highlighted even more triumphs...
Bergen football fans hail their heroes
Thousands of fans backing Bergen's football club Brann gathered for an enormous rally on Sunday afternoon to welcome the team home, after they'd won...
Klaveness vows to ‘modernize’ football
Lise Klaveness is best known in Norway as the "brave" and "outspoken" president of the country's national football federation NFF. She didn't manage to...
National football team ‘under pressure’
The coach of Norway's national men's football team admits that they're "under pressure" after losing a qualifying match for the European Championships against Spain...
Haaland injured, can’t play for Norway
The head coach of Norway's national men's football team was mighty unhappy on Tuesday, after being told that his star player won't be able...
Football boss fed up with FIFA
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway didn't qualify to play in this year's highly political and controversial World Cup football tournament in Qatar. That's made it easier...
Former football star accepts jail term
John Carew was one of Norway's most internationally successful football players and then launched a career in acting. Now he's facing a long intermission...
National team disappoints its fans
Norway's national football team has some of the best professional players in the world, but just can't seem to make it work. Tuesday night's...
Coach defends Haaland and his fortunes
Never before has a Norwegian football player done so well, attracted so much attention or earned so much money so quickly as 22-year-old Erling...
Ruud’s triumph reflects a new era
Norwegian athletes aren't just excelling in skiing any longer. Tennis player Casper Ruud is the latest to catapult to the top of his sport...
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