Tag: football
Soccer squad ready for Ukraine
Just two days after beating Montenegro in a so-called landskamp (national match) at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Norway's national football (soccer) team was gearing...
Legendary coach makes a comeback
Nils Arne Eggen is returning to the top Norwegian football club he coached for many years, Rosenborg-RBK, if only temporarily. The 68-year-old and still-popular...
Fewer foreigners in pro-football
Widespread financial problems among top Norwegian football (soccer) clubs has left them with little money to import foreign talent. As a result, the number...
Soccer squad faces tough rivals for European Championship
When the draw was made over the weekend, Norway's national soccer team wound up with tough rivals in its qualifying group for the European...
Fights add to football crisis
Violence broke out in various locations around downtown Oslo during the night, after the city's two major football clubs had battled themselves on the...
Coach won’t give up World Cup goal
Football (soccer) coach Egil “Drillo” Olsen refuses to let Dutch football players ruin his dreams of taking his Norwegian squad to the...
World Cup dreams dashed by a draw
Norwegian hopes of qualifying for World Cup football (soccer) action next summer all but faded into oblivion after a match between the national teams...
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