Tag: football

Swedish showdown ended in a draw

Commentators were complaining about missed opportunities after a match between the Norwegian and Swedish men's national football teams ended with a score of 0-0...

FIFA sunk football boss’ board candidacy

Norwegian sports bureaucrats claimed they were shocked on Sunday when the head of Norway's national football federation (NFF) failed to win a set on...

Norwegian women rolled over Thailand

Norway's women's national football team got off to a good start at the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 in Ottawa on Sunday. They beat...

Thousands ready for Norway-Sweden match

Around 22,500 tickets had already been sold by Monday morning for the evening's "private" football match in Oslo between the national men's teams of Norway...

Norway ready to follow Euro football out of FIFA

If the European football association (UEFA) opts to break out of the scandal-plagued international organization FIFA, Norwegian football officials have promised to go along....

Football federation ditches FIFA boss

Norway's football federation (NFF) and its president, Yngve Hallen, have decided to support Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan in Friday's election at the...

Ødegaard finally debuted for Real Madrid

Martin Ødegaard, Norway's football wonderboy, finally took the field Saturday night for his new club, Real Madrid. Not only that, he stepped in for...

Former players jailed for match-fixing

Three of five former Norwegian football players charged with match-fixing were convicted and sentenced to jail on Wednesday, while two others were acquitted. Two...

Football fans returned to the grandstands

After a few years with declining attendance at local football matches, Norwegian fans turned out in droves for last week's season openers. A total...

Football season kicked off

Norway's major league football clubs sprung back into action just as the Easter holiday weekend was ending on Monday. Oslo's Vålerenga was among those...
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