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Football heroes hailed again

Norway's suddenly successful football squad was winning more international acclaim on Wednesday, after winning the hearts and minds of fellow Norwegians at home. Its third victory in the World Cup Tuesday night keeps Norway in the game, at least...

Norwegians humbled at the World Cup but keep on rowing

Norway had been on a roll during opening matches of the World Cup but met more than its match when it was time to face the last member of its group on Friday. Norwegian head coach Ståle Solbakken had...

Bergen shook when Haaland scored

An earthquake monitoring station at the University of Bergen (UiB) reacted during Norway's first victorious match in the World Cup last week, and again during Norway's second match on Tuesday. Celebrations were so intense that three small earthquakes were...

Football ‘Vikings’ kick up a fuss

UPDATED: Debate has been flying in Norway over whether the country's national football squad should be posing as Vikings and "rowing" their way forward in the World Cup. Players, fans and top politicians back home were taking part in...

Football fever running high in Norway

Nearly 1.5 million Norwegians stayed up late Tuesday night to watch their national football team run over Iraq's in its opening match at the World Cup in Boston. Once again, it was Norwegian superstar Erling Braut Haaland who stole...

Trondheim tries to entice Tour de France

As many as 40,000 spectators and cyclists were in Trondheim over the weekend for a L'Etape race on Saturday. Local officials were also trying to impress organizers of the race, an amateur event tied to the Tour de France,...

Ice hockey heroes joined football send-off

Norway's national ice hockey team avoided a meltdown at the world championships in Switzerland over the weekend, and ended up with the bronze medal after beating mighty Canada. They celebrated with thousands of Norwegian football fans back in Oslo...

Football stars excused from match against Sweden

Neither the captain of Norway's national men's football team, Martin Ødegaard, nor Norway's football superstar Erling Braut Haaland will be playing in an exhibition match against Sweden in Oslo on Monday. That's just the day before the entire team...

Barcelona rolled over Lyon in Oslo

Two of Norway's female football stars had to play against one another at the national Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo Saturday night, as the European football federation UEFA took it over for the women's champions' league final. Norwegian Ada Hegerberg...

Football president firm over FIFA’s peace prize foul

Anyone who knows Lise Klaveness can attest to how she's firm on principle and her devotion to football. As president of Norway's football federation NFF, she's not wavering now in her criticism of the international football organization FIFA and...

Football field got more attention than national team’s latest match

Norway's World Cup-bound national football team played another exhibition match just before the Easter holidays, this time on home turf that drew more disappointment than the  0-0 result against Switzerland. Some likened the dry and uneven grass field to...

World Cup run-up match disappoints

Norway's run-up to this summer's football World Cup is not off to a good start. The Norwegian national men's football team lost 2-1 to the Netherlands Friday night, the first time they've lost since the fall of 2024. The exhibition...

Game over for Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League

They were widely viewed as favorites when Norway's small but talented football club Bodø/Glimt faced the much larger Sporting Portugal, this time in Lisbon. Glimt had trounced them at home in Bodø, but on Tuesday it was the other...

Holmenkollen Festival lacked crowds

Organizers of the annual World Cup skiing- and ski jumping events at Holmenkollen in Oslo weren't plagued by intoxicated spectators this year, but faced another problem. There were so many vacant seats that ski jumping chief Jan Erik Aalbu...

Klæbo forced to drop Holmenkollen race

Norway's sensational skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo was under observation at a hospital in Drammen, after falling in a sprint and suffering a head injury. He won't be able to compete in this weekend's annual Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo. Doctors...
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