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Johaug suspended, doctor faces charges

UPDATED: Norway's world champion skier Therese Johaug has been suspended for two months by the legal committee of the country's anti-doping agency, Antidoping Norge, after testing positive...

‘Arrogance’ ruins sports reputation

NEWS ANALYSIS: As news broke Monday that skiing star Therese Johaug had herself overlooked a clear doping warning on a package of lip salve,...

Johaug ‘crushed,’ doctor resigns

UPDATED: Norway's cross-country skiing star Therese Johaug, crying throughout a mid-day press conference on Thursday, repeated claims that she was "crushed" after testing positive for...

No more ‘X Games’ in Oslo

Oslo taxpayers won't be paying for another winter "X Games" this year, after city politicians turned down the organizers' funding requests. The organizers are now trying to...

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...

Sundby’s appeal branded as ‘useless’

Experienced atheletes' attorneys told state broadcaster NRK that it's all but impossible for Norwegian skiing star Martin Johnsrud Sundby to try to get his doping conviction...

Skiing team’s doctor resigns

Knut Gabrielsen, the doctor for Norway's men's national ski team who'd wrongly advised star skier Martin Johnsrud Sundby on how to use his asthma medicine,...

Supporters rally around stricken skier

Norwegian skiers, Norway's national skiing federation and even commercial sponsors were supporting multiple-medal-winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby on Thursday, after he was ruled as having illegally...

Northug told to cut out poker

Professional skier Petter Northug is usually off playing poker in major tournaments at this time of year, but not any more. Newspaper Adresseavisen reports...

Winter makes a comeback

Traffic warnings were up on many mountain roads in southern and central Norway on Saturday. Snow and slippery conditions dominated, just as runners in...

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