Finnish police crack down on speeding snowmobilers
The wild empty expanses of Lapland are no longer free range for Finland’s snowmobile riders. SIKUnews reports that local police have had enough of sno...
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American Football makes the headlines in Icelandic sports papers
Few things impact culture more than sports; and in Iceland, as with most of northern Europe, people watched the Super Bowl finals, seeing the Pittsbur...
Finn named top female ice skater
Finnish ice skater Laura Lepisto fought off favourite Carolina Kostner to become the first Finnish woman to win a women’s title at the European Figure...
Britain beaten to the South Pole by Norwegians
In a repeat of a slice of history that happened nearly a century ago, a team of Norwegians has beaten a rival British crew to the South Pole. The late...
Next Danish football coach to come from Chelsea?
The Danish Football Federation has its eye on ex-Chelsea coach Frank Arnesen as current national team coach Morten Olsen continues to struggle to crea...
Sweden loses world junior hockey title to Canada
In the second time in as many years, Sweden’s junior national ice hockey team has lost the world championship title to Canada. This was Canada’s fifth...
Denmark to host 2011 UEFA U-21 Championship
The finals of the under-21 version of one of the world’s most popular and entertaining football tournaments, the UEFA European Championship, will take...
Norway’s national football coach quits
After five unproductive years in charge of Norway’s national football team, coach Aage Hareide has decided to call it quits, saying he’s exhausted and...