Tag: football
Winning women missed the king
It's been a big weekend for football (soccer) in Norway, and King Harald was in place on Sunday when the men's teams playing for...
Lowly Follo dreams of Cup glory
The climax of the Norwegian football season will see the lowly club Follo FK from the second tier of the football system take on Strømgodset...
Football legend Solskjær makes triumphant return
Ole Gunnar Solskjær, often called the "world's most famous Norwegian" now living, was getting a rousing "welcome home" this week after more than 14...
Truce called in football drama
A truce has been called in a highly public war of words between Norwegian football’s star international striker John Carew and his manager at...
Rosenborg wins league championship
For the 22nd time, the Rosenborg football club (RBK) from Trondheim came out on top of the top league in Norway. RBK's match winner, Rade...
Youthful Norway fails Croatian test
An inexperienced Norwegian national football team was narrowly defeated 2-1 in a fairly unremarkable friendly match against highly-rated Croatia on Tuesday night in Zagreb....
Euro football dream stays alive
Norway's national football team won its third match in a row against a tricky Cyprus side in their latest European Championship 2012 qualifier in...
Rosenborg prevailed over Vålerenga
Norway's two top football (soccer) clubs battled it out in Trondheim on Sunday and the home-town team emerged on top, when Rosenborg beat Vålerenga...
Underdog Follo stuns Rosenborg
A football version of David conquering Goliath played out in a semi-rural area south of Oslo on Wednesday, when the underdog Follo soccer team...
Women qualify for World Cup
Norway's national women's football team is bound for the World Cup next year, after winning a critical match against Ukraine Wednesday night. "We were...
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