Beach handball: Nordic sports ministers demand change in uniform rules
Four Nordic sports ministers have signed a letter asking for a change in the dress code for beach handball. The letter, signed by ministers from…
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Nordic football federations send letter to Fifa: “Put further pressure on Qatar”
In a new letter to Fifa, the Nordic football federations demanded further improvements in conditions of migrant workers in Qatar before next year’s World Cup….
Bikini-gate: Norway’s women’s beach handball team blew the whistle on rampant sexism in sport
The recent furor over the Norwegian women’s beach handball team receiving a fine for a uniform protest made news worldwide. However, despite a worldwide backlash…
Tokyo Paralympics: Norway’s equestrian Ann Cathrin Lübbe wins bronze medal
50-year-old Ann Cathrin Lübbe secured the bronze medal in equestrian individual freestyle at the Paralympics on Monday. Lübbe was one of eight athletes who qualified…
Birgit Skarstein wins Norway’s first Paralympics gold in Tokyo: “It was like a dream”
32-year-old Birgit Skarstein had set herself the goal of winning a medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo. In Sunday’s rowing final, no one could stop…
Karsten Warholm: Norway’s world-beating “Golden Boy”
It was during the recent Tokyo Olympics that the world found out what Norway has known for a while: Karsten Warholm is a true champion….
Paralympics: Norway’s Aida Husic Dahlen wins bronze in table tennis
30-year-old Aida Husic Dahlen won the bronze medal in the Paralympics but lost the table tennis semifinal against Jingian Mao on Saturday night. The Bosnian-born…
Jakob Ingebrigtsen sets new Norwegian record at the final event of the Bowerman Mile
Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered a fantastic performance at the Bowerman Mile, the Diamond League tournament in Eugene. The Olympic gold medalist won with a time of…
Brann will test its players for drugs after stadium party incident
Brann announced it would test players and areas in the club’s stadium to uncover possible drug use related to a much-talked-about drunken party earlier this…
Decorated ski jumper Maren Lundby will participate in a Norwegian celebrity dance show
“Skal vi dance,” meaning “Shall we dance,” is a TV program in which celebrities and professional dancers team up for a dance competition. Olympic-gold-winning, world…
1,500-meter run: Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen crushes competition and secures Olympic gold
20-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen managed to win during the final of the 1500-meters run in the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The winning time was 3.28.32 –…
Usain Bolt congratulates Norway’s Karsten Warholm on Olympic gold: “Welcome to the club”
Karsten Warholm’s sensational world record at 400-meter hurdles in the Tokyo Olympics has attracted global recognition. On Wednesday, Warholm received a message from Usain Bolt….
183,000 Norwegians watched Karsten Warholm win the Olympic gold on their TVs and mobile phones
Despite the fact that the race in the 400-meter hurdles took place at 5:22 AM on Tuesday, thousands of Norwegians got up to see Karsten…
PHOTO: Warholm’s eyes were shining bright during the Norwegian anthem as he received the Olympic gold medal
25-year-old Karsten Warholm was bright-eyed when he received the gold and heard the Norwegian anthem at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday night local…
Norway’s Karsten Warholm breaks world record and wins Olympic gold
Karsten Warholm broke the world record and won the Olympic gold in the 400-meter hurdles. This is the 25-year-old’s first Olympic title. It was a…
European Handball Federation fine for Norway’s female team wearing shorts is tone-deaf and sexist
The Norwegian women’s handball team is at the center of a clothing controversy. Their decision to wear shorts instead of the officially prescribed bikini bottoms…
King Harald and PM Erna Solberg congratulate Kristian Blummenfelt on Olympic gold medal
King Harald and Prime Minister Erna Solberg congratulated Kristian Blummenfelt, the Olympic gold medalist in triathlon, after his triumph in Tokyo. Blummenfelt took Norway’s first…
Norwegian minister pushes for joint Scandinavian declaration against bikini bottom rule in handball
Norway’s Minister of Culture Abid Raja (V) wants to put pressure on international handball leaders to remove the rule according to which female beach handball…
Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas and Anne Vilde Tuxen will be Norway’s flag bearers during Tokyo Olympics
Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas and Anne Vilde Tuxen will carry the Norwegian flag and lead the Norwegian squad when the Tokyo Olympics open on Friday. It…
Norwegian Volleyball Association supports handball team’s bikini protest. Minister: “Ridiculous!”
On Tuesday, the Norwegian Volleyball Association supported the handball association’s fight for female players to play in optional clothing. It also wants changes in its…
