Toddlers to seniors to run in Glitnir Oslo Marathon
Registrations have been pouring in and the number of participants is getting close to 3500. This is a 50 % increase from the same time last year and i...
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Iceland women‘s football team qualification hopes
A point would secure the place of Iceland women‘s football team at UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2009. Iceland coach Siggy Eyjólfsson knows he is going for ...
Hikers damaging fragile Norwegian highlands
During the bright summer season in Norway, hikers, hunters and nature lovers flock to the mountains (fjellene) to enjoy the scenery and exercise. But ...
Tromso’s Winter Olympic dream fading
When asked in a recent poll by authorities in Norway if its citizens would support the government spending around USD 5 billion to host the 2018 winte...
The crazy world of Finnish sport
Finns are generally considered rather conservative, but there’s no disputing that they are the world’s reining champions of bizarre sporting events. D...
XL liquidation causing headaches in Iceland
XL Leisure group, the third largest tour operator in the UK, has collapsed and the ripple effect is spreading quickly, leaving the owners of West Ham ...
Norway’s equestrian doping charge confirmed
Although an official hearing still has to be held, the Olympic doping charges levelled against Norwegian equestrian athlete Tony Andre Hansen and his ...
Iceland loses to Scotland 1 – 2
Iceland lost to Scotland in a even match where Scotland got to 0 – 2 and Iceland scored from a penalty 1- 2 and got few good chances to even the...