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Northug wins a meeting with ski federation

The drama around Norwegian skier Petter Northug, currently banned from the national ski team this season, took a new turn on Thursday when the country's ski...

Ski federation dumps Northug

Norway's national ski federation (Norges Skiforbund) has lost patience with champion skier Petter Northug and his refusal to accept an offer he'd received to be...

Reaction muted over Beijing Olympics

Norwegian sports officials congratulated their counterparts in Beijing after the Chinese capital was named to host the Winter Olympics in 2022, but there there...

Top skier broke her left hand

Therese Johaug, one of Norway's top cross-country skiers, fell during a training round at Seiser Alm in Switzerland and was due to undergo surgery on...

Northug quietly served his time

Top Norwegian skier Petter Northug, disgraced in a drunk-driving accident last year, disclosed this week that he's already finished serving his detention time by wearing...

Pregnant ski queen drops next season

Marit Bjørgen, Norway's international queen of the cross-country ski trails, announced Tuesday that she won't be taking part in competition this coming winter season. That's...

Snow allowed skiing on the 17th of May

Norwegians all over the country celebrated a relatively chilly 17th of May, with low temperatures from Oslo to Tromsø accompanied by a cold wind....

Avalanche hurled skier to his death

UPDATED: Search and rescue crews found a body on Tuesday in a mountainous area of southern Norway where they were looking for a missing...

Ski season’s ‘last hurrah’ drew thousands

Norway's last major ski race of the season, Skarverennet in the mountains above Geilo, sold out like normal this year, with 12,220 skiers taking...

Veteran skiing star won’t quit yet

Speculation has flown in Norway over whether champion skier Marit Bjørgen would retire from professional racing at the end of this season. She's now...
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