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Sick Northug ‘won’t ski in Olympics’

Norway's former top skier Petter Northug has hardly competed this season, performed poorly when he did, failed to impress national ski team coaches and...

No Olympic ‘wildcard’ for Bjørndalen

UPDATED: At an age of 43, Norway's biathlon star Ole Einar Bjørndalen wanted, and was convinced he could still win, more medals at the...

Sports bosses paid millions for PR

The men who've recently been running Norway's national athletics federation paid out nearly NOK 5 million in just a few months to drum up...

New Olympic bid called ‘tragicomic’

UPDATED: Heads were shaking in Norway after state broadcaster NRK reported how officials in the inland county of Telemark were planning to mount a...

IOC member passes the torch

Gerhard Heiberg has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the past 23 years. At the age of 78, he passed...

Athletics leaders reveal big spending

After months of pressure, Norway's national athletics federation has finally turned over its expense accounts for both the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and the Youth...

New Olympic bids fall flat

Bergen, Stavanger and the western mountain city of Voss are teaming up to study the possibilities of mounting a bid for a "Fjord Olympics"...

New doping flap hits sports elite

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway has long clung to a reputation of having top athletes free of doping scandals, but that's now being severely challenged by controversy...

‘Tutta’ wants a baby and Tokyo comeback

Norwegian golfer Suzann Pettersen, nicknamed "Tutta" back home, had been among Norway's gold medal hopes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but wound...

‘Worst’ Olympics for Norway in 52 years

With only four medals and none of them in gold or silver, Norwegian athletes chalked up their worst Olympic performance in Rio de Janeiro...
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