Cheering crowds at Oslo Skishow
The stands were buzzing with cheering ski fans at Saturday’s big event in Holmenkollen. “We estimate that about 3000 people came to experience the show…
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Portugal beat Norway 3-0
Portugal led 1-0 at half time and beat Norway 3-0 in a football match Sunday. Ricardo Quaresma, Raphael Guerreiro, and Eder scored the goals Norway’s…
Norway opens the Olympics against Brazil
The Norwegian handball girls will open the handball tournament at Rio Olympics against host nation Brazil. This became clear after the fixtures for the…
Boasson Hagen wins in Tour of Norway
Edvald Boasson Hagen sprinted the best and won Saturday’s fourth stage of the Tour of Norway from Flå to Eggemoen. Boasson Hagen came to…
Høgmo chooses tough” warmup matches” for the soccer World Cup qualification
The manager of Norway, Per Mathias Høgmo, admits that it will be difficult to beat football giant Germany in the World Cup qualification, but is…
Brækhus honored as ‘best of the year’ by IBF
Cecilia Brækhus (Norway) beat Ivana Habazin in points and has collected all the great champion belts in female boxing as of September 2014. Now, the…
ExxonMobil Bislett Games – 2016
ExxonMobil Bislett Games is the 6.stevnet in the IAAF Diamond League series. Stadium opens at 17:30 Games start at 18:00. Official opening kl.19: 30 /…
Sports heads called into the office of the Minister of Culture
The heads of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports (NIF) have to explain to Culture Minister Linda Hofstad Helleland why they think it is wrong to…
Goalless match between Norway and Estonia
The National football team of Norway ended its series of losses, but failed to usher in the year with a real upturn when they got…
Crown Prince Haakon won Birken-duel
Crown Prince Haakon reached the finish line before the Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in Birkebeinerrennet. The Norwegian crown prince spent just over four hours…
Kilde wins super-G Cup, with Norwegians also in second and third place
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the World Cup in men’s Super-G in alpine skiing, after coming second in the very last race on Thursday. Last autumn,…
Thanks for the party, Holmenkollen!
Eight days of competitions, 12 events, 20 new world champions, 135,000 happy spectators and endless cheers. It’s with sadness we have to face the fact…
A worthy conclusion to great Championships
The Championships’ two best countries finished with two medals each in Sunday’s mass start competitions. Marie Dorin Habert took a well paced gold ahead of…
Norwegian golden girls celebrated victory
Nerves were on edge in Holmenkollen at the women’s relay on Friday. In the end, the Norwegian women’s team grasped victory to wild cheers from…
No stopping Martin Fourcade
Fourcade won his fourth gold medal of this Championship. Even after missing once, no one managed to get the upper hand on Martin Fourcade. Austrians…
The new queen of Holmenkollen
Dorin Habert from France seized victory in Wednesday’s standard event. “These Championships have been really great for me,” the golden girl said Two Frenchwomen adorned…
Race start time change Wednesday 9 March
The individual women’s competition Wednesday March 9 has been moved to 13.00 CET because of risk of heavy fog in Holmenkollen. The decision was made…
Fourcade secured gold despite three misses
World Cup biathlon 2016 – Two misses in the last shooting was not enough to prevent Martin Fourcade to follow Saturday’s sprint gold with a…
France and Norway rejoice
On Saturday 5 of March spectators witnessed outstanding sports performances On Saturday 5 of March spectators witnessed outstanding sports performances courtesy of an invincible…
Magical Championships atmosphere at the Medal Plaza
Thousands of jubilant spectators witnessed the magical atmosphere at the Medal Plaza during the Championships’ first medal ceremony. The World Championships in Holmenkollen have been…
