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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 during the weekend, and then tying their next match Tuesday night against Georgia. It left...

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 to take part in two upcoming qualifiers for the next European Championships. Erling Braut Haaland...

Women to race 50 kilometers at Holmenkollen

Oslo's Holmenkollen Ski Festival gets underway on Thursday and is set to make history on Sunday: 71 years after women were first allowed to take part, they'll now race 50 kilometers just like the men. Since 1988, their long-distance...

Golberg wins gold ahead of Klæbo

Norway swept the World Championships in cross-country skiing as expected, ending up with 12 gold medals, 10 silver and five bronze when competition wound down on Sunday. Norwegian Pål Golberg even beat favoured Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo in the...

Norwegians hailed US skier’s gold medal

After all the rumbling about Scandinavian domination at the World Nordic Ski Championships going on in Slovenia, Norwegian athletes and fans were genuinely delighted to see American skier Jessica Diggins cross the finish line first in the 10-kilometer race...

Norway dominates skiing World Championships, again

Norway has once again been leading the pack at the Nordic World Ski Championships that began last week in Planica, Slovenia. Norwegian domination of cross-country skiing has become such an issue, however, that even some Norwegian fans were cheering...

Gold poured in for Pedersen

Norway's phenomenal downhill racer Jesper Saltvik Pedersen could come home to Norway with no less than four new gold medals around his neck plus a bronze. His winning streak at  the World Para Alpine Ski Championships at Espot in...

NRK wins back the Olympics

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) has won back the rights to broadcast four Olympics beginning with the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina in Italy in 2026. NRK's new boss Vibeke Fürst Haugen won't say, though, how much the contract will...

Bergen woman arrives at South Pole

Hedvig Hjertaker of Bergen has become the youngest woman to ever ski alone to the South Pole. The 28-year-old adventurer arrived at her goal after 49 days trekking across the frozen continent. Her manager Andre Fjærestrand Bratli confirmed her arrival...

Former ski queen starting a family

UPDATED: Therese Johaug took over as Norway's reigning ski queen after Marit Bjørgen tried to retire from the sport. Now Johaug has also "retired" and following in Bjørgen's tracks by having a baby, in addition to various business and...

Norway’s chess champ now ‘the greatest’

Norwegian chess star Magnus Carlsen was being hailed once again this week, after a dramatic year that ended with new World Championship titles in both rapid and blitz chess. That leaves him with a total of 15 World Championships...

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 for Norwegian football fans to boycott it now, while Norwegian commentators and football officials led...

Handball women still dominate the sport

When Norway's national women's handball team won the European Championships once again over the weekend, questions were already flying over what makes them so good. Experts cite among other things "the Norwegian model," with engaged parents boosting handball clubs...

Biathlon season opener under fire

Norway's biathlon federation has been accused of sending the wrong climate signals, after mild weather threatened this weekend's season opener for the sport that combines skiing and shooting. The federation (Skiskytterforbundet) opted to drive in 100 truckloads of snow...

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 latest loss to Serbia knocked them out of the top spot in their Nations League...
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